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Photo # NH 58759: Destruction of C.S. ram Queen of the West, 14 April 1863

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-- SHIPS of the CONFEDERATE STATES --

C.S. Ram Queen of the West (1863-1863)

On 14 February 1863, the U.S. Ram Queen of the West was sunk off Fort de Russy, on the Red River, Louisiana. Raised and repaired, she was quickly placed in service by the Confederate Army under her old name. On 24 February 1862, she joined CSS Webb in forcing aground and capturing the Federal ironclad USS Indianola near the mouth of the Red River. Queen of the West was later sent to the Atchafalaya River area of Louisiana. On 14 April 1863, while in Grand Lake, she was attacked by three U.S. Navy gunboats. Hit by a shell fired at long range, Queen of the West was set afire and destroyed.

This page features our only views of the Confederate Ram Queen of the West.

For views of this ship prior to her capture by the Confederates, see: U.S. Ram Queen of the West.


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

Photo #: 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.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 141KB; 740 x 515 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 58759

"Destruction of the 'Queen of the West' by Union Gun-Boats"


Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1863, depicting CSS Queen of the West being destroyed in Grand Lake, Louisiana, during an attack by USS Estrella (extreme left), Calhoun (extreme right) and Arizona (second from right), 14 April 1863.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 250 pixels

 

For views of this ship prior to her capture by the Confederates, see: U.S. Ram Queen of the West.


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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Page made 21 March 2000
Coding updated 5 May 2001