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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02466.09 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Matthew Fontaine Maury to White, Esqr. in London, asking him to forward the enclosed [not included] to Dr Miller |
| Date | 3 March 1864 |
| Author | Maury, Matthew Fontaine (1806-1873) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Maury, serving as a Confederate naval agent in Britain, asks the recipient (possibly Mr. "White") in London to forward the enclosed (not included) to Dr. Miller "of the [illegible] Committee." Matthew Fontaine Maury was a naval officer known as the "Pathfinder of the Seas." Maury had served as head of the U.S. Naval Observatory and was noted for his pioneering scientific work. A native of Virginia, Maury resigned his commission as commander in the U.S. Navy at the outbreak of the Civil War and joined the Confederate Navy, where he researched torpedo warfare. Maury was then sent to England to purchase ships for the Confederate government. Immediately after the war, Maury worked for Emperor Maximilian in Mexico, then went to England for two years, and returned to the U.S. He returned to the U.S. in 1868, and accepted a position as taught as professor of physics at the Virginia Military Institute. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Navy Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Global History and Civics Diplomacy |
| People | Maury, Matthew Fontaine (1806-1873) |
| Place written | Bowdon, Manchester, England |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Foreign Affairs; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |