Matthew Fontaine Maury
In this house
Matthew Fontaine Maury
L.L.D.-U.S.N.-C.S.N.
invented the
Submarine Electrical Torpedo
1861-1862
This stone is placed by the
Confederate Memorial Literary Society
A.D. 1910.
Marker is at the intersection of East Clay Street and North 11th Street, on the right when traveling west on East Clay Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org