”[Telegram. ]

Cairo, May 6,1864. The Petrel was captured on the 22d ultimo above or near Yazoo City. One acting master, McElroy, and Pilot Kimble [Ware] were said to be prisoners in Yazoo City. All the other officers have returned here.

A. M. Pennock,

Fleet Captain”

Reference Data:

Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of Rebellion, Vol. 26, by United States Naval Department, 1914, page 257