December 11, 1863: Still Trying for the USS Indianola

DECEMBER 11TH, 1863:  Confederate troops fired on the USS Indianola in the Mississippi River in an attempt to destroy her, but effective counterfire of the USS Carondelet, Acting Master James C. Gipson, drove them off.

The Union Navy was exerting great effort to get the Indianola off the bar on which she had sunk in February, and on 23 November, Gipson had written to Rear Admiral Porter:  "I will do all that lies in my power to protect her from destruction."

--Old B-Runner