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“…traveled to the coast to witness…”
For a full account of the battle of the CSS Alabama and the USS Kearsage, see this book, Chatper 13, “The War is a Thing of the Past.”
Long, R. E. (2015). In the shadow of the Alabama: The British Foreign Office and the American Civil War, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
“The body of Maury’s son…”
See “…his middle son…,” above.
Details about the disappearance and fate of Maury’s son were delivered to be orally by Russell Hooper, to whom I am indebted for his wisdom and his generosity with his substantial collection.
Letter from F.L. Maury to Ann Maury, from Old Mansion, March 11, 1863, held in the Maury Family materials at the Special Collections department of the Swem Library at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.
“…detonating a sample for Napoléon…”
Maury, R. L. (1915). A brief sketch of the work of Matthew Fontaine Maury during the war, 1861-1865. Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, p. 30.
“He traveled to Mexico…”
Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 420.
For a full account of Maury’s time in Mexico, see “The Role of Matthew Fontaine Maury in the Mexican Empire,” A.J. Hanna, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 55, No. 2, April 1847, pp. 105-125.
“He left before the effort was dissolved…”
Maximilian dissolved the effort two months after Maury left.
Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, pp. 436-37, 439.
“…executed by Benito Juárez.”
Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 448.
“…accepted a professorship…”
Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 450.