 Her progress was slowed by two coal barges which she towed so that she might furnish fuel to any ships sent to reinforce her from above Vicksburg.On the evening of 24 February, the Confederate ram "Webb" and "Queen of the West", now Confederate-manned, overtook "Indianola" and attacked from each side, ramming her seven times before the ironclad, "in an almost powerless condition," ran her bow on the west bank of the river and surrendered.The loss of "Indianola" was deeply distressing to the Union.