I have just received an email from Yazoo City that the Mississippi Department of Archives & History (MDAH) historical marker for the capture of the Federal tinclad USS Petrel has been DELIVERED to the MDOT office there.....!!!!!!
It now looks like the dedication/reception will be held probably on a Saturday in mid/late January or perhaps in February 2008. Tentative plans are for the event to take place in the new Yazoo City History Museum, at the "Triangle" downtown.
Y'all come!!!!!!!
I will post updates/info as events occur.
sincerely,
Kenneth Byrd