Arrived in September 1864 commanded by master Henry W. Felton at Charleston as property of the Palmetto Company. Fitted out with a so-called clipper-bow.
The Index to the Senate Executive Documents for the second session of the thirty-ninth congress of the United States of America 1866-1867 page 134 reported that the government of Nova Scotia possessed a steamship of some 700 tons called Druid and which was a former blockade runner. She was used for fishery protection and lighthouse service.
Stephen R. Wise wrote in his publication Lifeline of the Confederacy: Blockade Running During the Civil War that she was active in March 1864 and February 1865 making 8 trips. She was building 1857 at the yard of Barclay, Curle and Company at Glasgow, Scotland with the dimensions 160.1’x 20.6’ x 9.7’. Managed by Herbert Charles Dunkwater of Manchester, England for the Steamship Druid Company of Charleston. The Palmetto Importing and Exporting Company was indeed active with blockade runners but it seems not with the Druid.
The website http://www.graveyardofships.com mentioned a Druid build in 1856 which was acquired by the Nova Scotia Government from the firm Todd&McGregor with as dimensions 160 x 21.5 x 9.5 (depth), a gross tonnage of 239 tons and net tonnage of 166 tons.
The website http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Shipbuilding/Shipyards/Barclay-Curle.html also mentioned that the Druid by this yard build became a blockade runner.
