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| Keywords: USS Indianola blown up.jpg USS Indianola an American Civil War river gunboat blown up by confederates to avoid recapture after a dummy Union warship appears Original caption Line engraving after a sketch by Theodore R Davis published in Harper's Weekly 1863 depicting the 25 February 1863 operation in which a dummy ironclad left was floated down the Mississippi River by the U S Navy causing the Confederates to destroy the captured ironclad USS Indianola CSS Queen of the West is depicted at the right <br> Ship was sunk at the head of Palmyra island Then adjacent to the plantation of Jefferson Davis and New Carthage Shown on this map http //www geographicus com/P/AntiqueMap/MissRive2Col-USCS-1864 Current day view of present day Davis Island is shown http //members cox net/wplong1/images/Copy 20 2 20of 20USGS_C253BB0924BCAC30_1 jpg here Published in Harper's Weekly in 1863 http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-i/indanola htm 1863 Harper's Weekly line engraving after a sketch by Theodore R Davis 32 211944 -91 127102 PD-old PD-USGov Time and place is 25 February 1863 Louisiana Palmyra creek 1863 in Louisiana River gunboats of the American Civil War USS Queen of the West ship 1854 Louisiana in the American Civil War Explosions in art USS Indianola | ||||
