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“…$50,000 for a Torpedo Bureau…”

Maury, R. L. (1915). A brief sketch of the work of Matthew Fontaine Maury during the war, 1861-1865. Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, p. 18.

“Lewis was given command of a battery…”

Letter from S. Bauer to William L. Maury, May 27, 1861, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…the cousins worked in concert…”

Maury, R. L. (1915). A brief sketch of the work of Matthew Fontaine Maury during the war, 1861-1865. Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, p. 15.

“…a fleet of gunboats…”

Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 381.

“…guerilla-style raids…”

Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 377.

“…the mines failed to ignite…”

Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 378.

“…showed up drunk.”

Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, pp. 383-84.

“…mostly failed.”

Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 378.

“…Virginia Volunteer Naval Company.”

Scharf, J. T. (1887). History of the Confederate States Navy from its organization to the surrender of its last vessel: Its stupendous struggle with the great Navy of the United States, the engagements fought in the rivers and harbors of the South and upon the high seas, blockade-running, first use of iron-clads and torpedos, and privateer history. New York: Rogers & Sherwood, pp. 91-92.

“…those who were now his superiors…”

Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 372.

“…they were all field hands.”

Entry dated March 27, 1862, from an original log book of William L. Maury, in the possession of Russell Hooper, to whom I’m very grateful for his wisdom and his generosity with his substantial collection.

“…Lewis was denied command…”

Letter from William L. Maury to Anne Fontaine Maury, June 20, 1862, held in the Maury Family Collection at the Special Collections department of Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“…a ferocious naval battle…”

This is the Battle of Hampton Roads. For a full account of the battle, see Chapter X: The Virginia (Merrimac) and Monitor, from this book.

Scharf, J. T. (1887). History of the Confederate States Navy from its organization to the surrender of its last vessel: Its stupendous struggle with the great Navy of the United States, the engagements fought in the rivers and harbors of the South and upon the high seas, blockade-running, first use of iron-clads and torpedos, and privateer history. New York: Rogers & Sherwood.

“…head for the Caribbean.”

Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 382.

“…sent to Wilmington.”

William L. Maury’s letters to his wife offer more precise details of his movements at this time.

United States. (1931). Register of officers of the Confederate States Navy, 1861-1865. Washington, D.C: G.P.O., p. 130.

“…a covert appeal from Russia.”

Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, pp. 384-85.

Grady, J. (2015). Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography: A Biography, 1806-1873.

“…offered an admiralty…”

MORGAN, J. M. (1917). Recollections of a Rebel Reefer...With illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co: Boston & New York, p. 107.

“He turned it down…”

Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 385.