Matthew Fontaine Maury
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Matthew Fontaine Maury was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
as a U.S. Navy lieutenant in 1853
Colour lithograph of the Vincennes, 1845.
Instrument for finding true lunar distances from Maury's 1834 article
Composite diagram showing, on the right, a single square from a Pilot Chart, covering 5-10°S and 35-40°W, an area off the east coast of Brazil. Numbers are the frequencies with which winds blow from the corresponding compass point. The key on the left indicates how the months of the year are laid out. The prevailing SE winds in this area are apparent.
Robert E. Lee
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Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war. He led
Matthew Fontaine Maury
…Maryland, the University of Alabama, and the University of Tennessee. From statements that he made in letters, it appears that he preferred being close to General Robert E. Lee in Lexington, where Lee was president of Washington College. Maury served as a pallbearer for Lee. He also gave talks in Europe about cooperation on a…
Lee in 1864
Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Lee's birthplace
Lee Corner on Oronoco Street in Alexandria, Virginia, a property owned by Lee
Lee at age 31 in 1838, as a Lieutenant of Engineers in the U.S. Army