February 24, 1863
Lt. Commander George
Brown, skipper of the USS Indianola,
has taken his ironclad gunboat from the mouth of the Red River back upstream to
the protection of Federal batteries, since it has become clear that a Rebel
flotilla is descending the Red from their base at Alexandria, Louisiana and are
pursuing the lone Yankee vessel. The CSS
Webb, along with the captured Queen of the West and two other
gunboats, are making good speed to intercept the now-fleeing Indianola. Brown manages get the Indianola to Grand Gulf, Mississippi by evening. But soon the CSN flotilla appears, and after
a sharp battle, the Indianola is taking
on water. Lt. Cmdr Brown surrenders the
Indianola to the Rebels.
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| USS Indianola |
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