It then ran on a commercial route from New York to Havana and New Orleans , but was captured by Confederate privateers and destroyed .
The earlier Roanoke had been built around 1851 , and served as a troop carrier for the Union Army in the Civil War .
Roanoke then ran on a commercial route from New York to Havana and New Orleans , but was captured by Confederate privateers and destroyed .
The earlier Roanoke had been built around 1851 , and served as a troop carrier for the Union Army in the Civil War .