USS Monitor Legacy Program: USS Indianola: Deluded People Cave In Presented by John V. Quarstein, Director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center USS Indianola, a lightly armed casemate ironclad, patrolled the Mississippi below Vicksburg alongside Queen of the West. After Confederate rams captured Indianola, Admiral D.D. Porter launched an audacious deception: a fake ironclad known as Black Terror. The ruse panicked Confederate forces, prompting them to scuttle Indianola and leaving Vicksburg’s defenders with severely reduced naval support. You can register to attend by visiting our website: https://www.marinersmuseum.org/event/uss-indianola/ Image Credit: Sketch “Deluded People, Cave In!” From Harper’s Weekly. Courtesy Naval History and Heritage Command, NH 95021