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

Credits and Sources:

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