Parsons, P. Usher, fleet surgeon in the battle of Lake Erie, ii. 294. Pass à Loutre, Federal fleet retreat down the, iv. 137. _Passaic_, Federal monitor, iv. 237, 480, 490. _Patapsco_, Federal ironclad, iv. 480, 490. Patterson, Master-commandant William T., attacks the British camp, iii. 239; sets fire to and abandons his ships, 240. _Paul Jones_, American privateer, ii. 251. Paulding, Captain Hiram, breaks up the nest of plotters against the Federal Government, iv. 71. Paving-stones used as missiles to capture the _Gaspé_, i. 9. _Pawnee_, Federal frigate, iv. 99, 163. _Peabody_, Federal transport, iv. 100. _Peacock_, American corvette, meets the brig-sloop _Epervier_, iii. 66; captures the sloop, 67–71; cruises, 78; attached to Decatur’s fleet, 271; captures prizes and the cruiser _Nautilus_, 285. _Peacock_, British brig, encounters the American sloop _Hornet_, ii. 181; the battle, 183; her captain killed, _ib._; sinks, 184; good treatment of the officers and men by the Americans, 187; comparison of the ships, 190. Peake, Captain William, attacks the _Hornet_, ii. 181; is killed, 183; proud of his ship, 190. Pearce, Lieutenant John, iv. 370. _Pearl_, British frigate, captures the _Lexington_, i. 68; the latter escapes, _ib._ Pearson, Captain Richard, encounters the _Bonhomme Richard_, i. 243, 245; surrenders, 259; anecdote of, 262–264; conduct of, 274; treated as if he had won a victory, 275. Pechell, Captain Samuel John, in charge of expedition sent against Craney’s Island, ii. 398. _Peerless_, Federal transport, lost near Cape Hatteras, iv. 167. Peiho River, attack on Chinese forts in the, iii. 382. _Pelican_, British frigate, goes in search of the American sloop _Argus_, ii. 362; attacks the _Argus_, 363, 364; captures the sloop, 364–367; takes her into Plymouth, 371. _Pembina_, Federal gun-boat, iv. 163. Pendergrast, American Flag Officer G. J., his proclamation, iv. 40. Pendergrast, Lieutenant Austin, takes command of the _Congress_, iv. 208; surrenders to Lieutenant Parker of the _Beaufort_, _ib._; assists in transferring the wounded, 209; escapes by swimming, _ib._ _Penguin_, British brig-sloop, is beaten by the _Hornet_, iii. 273–281. _Penguin_, Federal gun-boat, at Port Royal, iv. 171. _Pensacola_, United States screw sloop, iv. 16; Captain Henry W. Morris, 314. Pensacola Navy Yard surrendered to Confederates, iv. 112. Perkins, Lieutenant-commander George H., iv. 386. _Perry_, Federal brig, captures the _Savannah_, iv. 89. Perry, Christopher Raymond, gallant conduct of, i. 296.