Skip to main content

Naval History and Heritage Command

NH 59105 'Bache's Quaker' Driving the 'Queen of the West,' and Causing the Rebels to Blow Up the 'Indianola'

NH 59105 'Bache's Quaker' Driving the 'Queen of the West,' and Causing the Rebels to Blow Up the 'Indianola'. 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.
Download Image:
Low (PNG, 319x319px, 69KB)
Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 400KB)
High (TIFF, 5880x3804px, 21MB)
Title: 'Bache's Quaker' Driving the 'Queen of the West,' and Causing the Rebels to Blow Up the 'Indianola'
Caption: 'Bache's Quaker' Driving the 'Queen of the West,' and Causing the Rebels to Blow Up the 'Indianola'. 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.
Accession #: NH
Catalog #: NH 59105
Related Content
Topic
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
  • Civil War 1861-1865
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name