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Maury, Dabney Herndon (1822-1900) CSA
Collection, 1862. 2 items.
Letter from Maury to Gen. Earl Van Dorn, June 25, 1862,
concerning the disposition of Union troops in northern Mississippi
and Alabama, Confederate supplies, and rumors of the
removal or resignation of Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard; letter from
Maury to Van Dorn, July 8, 1862, on the strength of Gen.
Sterling Price's division, reinforcements, and generalship in
the Confederate Army.
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Maury, Matthew Fontaine Comdr., CSN; Special Agent
(1806-1873) to Great Britain
Papers, 1825-1927. ca. 14,500 items.
Includes correspondence of Maury concerning the secession
crisis, an invitation to make his home in Russia, the manufacture
of torpedoes, plans for the construction of gunboats and
shore batteries in Virginia, the acquisition of ships for the
Confederate Navy, the security of his family, and affairs in
Richmond, Va.; letters of William A. Maury concerning the
situation in Richmond and his appointment to a military court;
letters of Gen. Dabney H. Maury and other members of the
Maury family concerning the location or possible death of Lt.
John H. Maury; miscellaneous letters concerning the suffering
of noncombatants in Virginia, plundering by Federal soldiers,
the capture and burning of Richmond, and the attitude of the
South in defeat. Also contains about 30 letters of Maj. Richard
L. Maury (24th Virginia Regiment) written chiefly to his mother
describing camp life, training, discipline, enlistments, military
organization, entertainment, the economic effects of the war,
skirmishes in northern Virginia, the Siege of Richmond, and
the character and behavior of Confederate soldiers. Additional
items comprise letters received by M. F. Maury as special Confederate
agent in London and as an immigration official for
southern expatriates in Mexico.
Finding aid available.
615
May, John Frederick (1812-1891) Physician
Essay, 1887. 1 item.
Manuscript essay, "The Mark of the Scalpel," recounting
May's identification of the body of John Wilkes Booth, a former
patient, and arguing that Booth was insane when he shot President
Lincoln.
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