Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 to C.C. Memminger

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GLC#
GLC09252
Type
Letters
Date
28 August 1862
Author/Creator
Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
Title
to C.C. Memminger
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Asking Confederate Secretary of the Treasury C. C. Memminger to find an appointment for "Mr. Caldwell of Fredericksburg…a respectable citizen," who has been discharged from the Army after being injured. Endorsed by R.M.T. Hunter and L. C. De Jarrette, both recommending appointment. Maury was America's foremost oceanographer and was commissioned into the Confederate States Navy as Chief of Harbor Defenses.

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