FEBRUARY 24TH
CSS Webb, Beatty and Queen of the West engaged USS Indianola, below Warrenton, Mississippi. The Queen of the West opened action by ramming the coal barge tied up to the Indianola, sank it, but little damage to Indianola. The Webb rammed the Indianola twice which then was sinking and surrendered. This ended Porter's efforts to blockade the Red River with detached ships from his fleet above Vicksburg.
A Confederate deserter gave Union details on submarine experiments underway in Mobile. One was designed by a Frenchman, but sank near Fort Morgan
FEBRUARY 25TH
The light draft gunboat expedition entered Yazoo Pass
Confederates were working hard to raise the Indianola. Efforts failed and the ship was destroyed. A huge Union gunboat was reported passing Vicksburg and they feared it would take the Indianola. It was actually a barge made to look like an ironclad.
The USS Vanderbilt seized the blockade-runner Peterhoff off St. Thomascausing an international incident over royal mail being carried aboard it. Lincoln returned it, but kept the ship which later became a Union blockader before sinking near Fort Fisher.
FEBRUARY 27TH
The CSS Alabama bonded the ship Washington in the mid-Atlantic.
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