Henry "Harry" Maury (c. 1827–1869) was an officer in the
Confederate States Army
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during the
American Civil War
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[''The Charleston Daily News''. 1 March 1869. p. 1.] Rising to the rank of colonel, he commanded the
15th Confederate Cavalry Regiment at the close of the war.
He was a cousin of
Matthew F. Maury, and a native of
North Carolina
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.
He died in
Mobile, Alabama
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, in 1869.
References
Sources
"Personal Gossip" ''The Charleston Daily News''. 1 March 1869. p. 1.
Further reading
* Waters, Zack C. (Fall 2010)
"The enigmatic Colonel Maury of the Fifteenth Confederate Cavalry" ''Alabama Heritage'', 98.
"Stranger than Fiction" ''The Tri-Weekly Clarion''. October 19, 1869. p. 1.
External links
"Col Henry "Harry" Maury" Find a Grave. February 4, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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1820s births
1869 deaths
Confederate States Army officers