Confederate blockade runners and federal ships played a game of cat and mouse during the Civil War as the Union attempted to put a stranglehold on exports and imports in the South.It was a game the Acadia lost.The Acadia, a blockade runner, was on its way to the mouth of the Brazos River on Feb. 5, 1865, when it hit a sand bar about 10 miles northeast of present day Surfside Beach. The crew made it to shore, but the ship was blasted to pieces the next day by the USS Virginia.The mast of the Acadia remained visible from the...