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Confederate
A rather obscure monument to a forgotten Confederate officer, the Matthew Fontaine Maury Memorial is a small stone tablet with an embedded bronze plaque overlooking a section of the Maury River called Goshen Pass. Maury himself was supposedly a man of many talents: a renowned astronomer, oceanographer, meteorologist, cartographer, author, as well as educator. He served as naval officer for the United States before joining the Confederacy. The story goes that on his way back from the Virginia Military Institute to Richmond Virginia, he requested his carriage to stop at Goshen pass so he could pick some flowers, explaining memorial's presence at this obscure location. He is currently buried next to US presidents John Tyler and James Monroe in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery.
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Rockbridge
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Matthew Fontaine Maury. Pathfinder of the seas. The genius who first snatched from ocean and atmosphere the secrets of their laws. Born January 14'th 1808. Died at Lexington, VA February 1'st, 1872. Carried through Goshen Pass to his final resting place in Richmond, Virginia. Every mariner for countless ages. As he takes his chart to shape his course across the seas, will think of thee. His inspiration holy writ. Psalms 8 & 107, verses 8. 23 & 24. Ecclesiastes Chap. 1, verse 8. A tribute by his native state Virginia. 1923
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Bronze plaque on a Stone Tablet
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