Semi-Weekly Raleigh Register
May 25, 1861
The Norfolk correspondent of the Petersburg Express writes:
Mrs. Commodore Pendergrast, who is a Southern lady, is still in Norfolk. She refuses to join her husband at the fort—says she will never live with him again, and it is reported that she will apply for a divorce. The wife of another reprobate who is at the fort, is in Norfolk, and has a pistol loaded, with which she says she intends shooting her liege lord upon sight.