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DescriptionUSS Indianola blown up.jpg	English: 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." Ship was sunk at the head of Palmyra island. Then adjacent to the plantation of Jefferson Davis, and "New Carthage". Shown on this map [1]. Current day view of present day "Davis Island" is shown here.
Date	1863
Source	Published in "Harper's Weekly" in 1863 http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-i/indanola.htm
Author	"Harper's Weekly" line engraving after a sketch by Theodore R. Davis

Camera location	32° 12′ 43″ N, 91° 07′ 37.57″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	32.211944; -91.127102

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Time and place is|25 February 1863|Louisiana|Palmyra creek

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