I. C. LANDIS, see LANDIS IDA SwStr IDA, a small steamer, operated in conjunction with Commodore Tattnall's squadron in the Savannah River. She served as a transport, dispatch, and tow boat from 1862 until 10 December 1864, when, during the Union attack on Savannah, she was captured by a party of foragers and cavalrymen under Captain Gildersleeve, USA, and burned near Argyle Island. INDIAN CHIEF CSS INDIAN CHIEF was used as receiving ship at Charleston, S.C., from 1862 to 1865. One of her additional details in 1863 was support of the local torpedo (mine) operations. Flag Officer J. R. Tucker, CSN wrote of her commander, Lt. W. G. Dozier, CSN, 2i August 1863, "You will be pleased to have as many boats fitted with torpedoes as you can hoist up to the davits of the INDIAN CHIEF *** " Her first commanding officer was Lt. J. H. Ingraham, CSN. She was burned by the Confederates prior to the evacuation of Charleston on 18 February 1865. INFANTA, see SQUIB IRON KING Str IRON KING, a Confederate States naval coal transport operating on the Alabama River between Selma and Mobile in late 1864 was commanded by Master Mate J. E. Mayhew. ISAAC SMITH, see STONO ISABEL, see ALBATROSS ISABELLA Slp ISABELLA was captured in Waccasassa Bay, Florida, by USS FORT HENRY on 22 May 1863, while en route from Tampa, Fla., to Island No. 4 in the Keys. She was sent in to Key West as a prize. ISABELLA, see Annex I ISABELLA ELLIS Sch: t. 340 ISABELLA ELLIS was reported early in the war to be transporting armament for the Confederacy along the North Carolina coast. She is listed as a Union ship in October 1864. ISLAND CITY SwStr: t. 245 ISLAND CITY, owned by the Texas Marine Department was used as a supply boat in Galveston Bay and tributaries from 1863 through the end of the war. [See Annex III]. ISONDIGA StwGbt: dr. 6'6"; s. 5 k.; cpl. 60; a. 1 9" shell gun, 1 6.4" r CSS ISONDIGA was a small wooden gunboat without masts which operated in waters around Savannah, Ga. and in St. Augustine Creek, Fla., from April 1863 to December 1864, Lt. J. S. Kennard commanding. She escaped from Savannah on 21 December 1864 before the city fell to the forces of Gen. W. T. Sherman. She was later burned by her commanding officer and crew to prevent seizure by the Union. IVY SwStr: t. 454; l. 191'; b. 28'; dph. 9'; cpl. 60 (as pvtr.); 1 8". 1 32-pdr. r., 2 24-pdr. brass how. CSS IVY, formerly EL PARAGUAY, was commissioned 16 May 1861 at New Orleans as the Confederate privateer V. H. IVY, Capt. N. B. Baker. She was purchased later in the year by the Navy, renamed IVY and placed under the command of Lt. J. Fry, CSN. On 12 October 1861 she joined in attacking the Federal blockading squadron lying at the Head of the Passes in the Mississippi River and achieved notable success with her long range gun and maneuverability. IVY remained active in the lower Mississippi until May 1863 when she was destroyed by her officers near Liverpool Landing in the Yazoo River in order to foil plans for her capture.