desc=American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton, the 263-register ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked on the coast of North Carolina, Confederate States of America at the entrance to the Cape Fear River at Kure Beach north of Corncake Inlet, about 1.0 nautical miles below Fort Fisher, after being turned back by the screw steamer USS Iron Age 1862 6 and screw sloop USS Shenandoah 1862 6 (both ) while trying to exit the Cape Fear River at night.