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was afraid he'd be turned out. Therefore he sent me 

 here with hands tied, and what I did I took the responsi- 

 bihty a la Tennessee." 



With little enthusiasm, therefore, Maury made his 

 preparations for departure to England. He was sad- 

 dened by the necessity of parting from his family who 

 had already begun to suffer from the fortunes of war. 

 They had been driven from their refuge in Fredericks- 

 burg when that place was captured by Union troops on 

 April 18, 1862, and on the following 1st of June his son 

 Richard had his horse shot from under him in battle 

 and was himself severely wounded. But obedient to the 

 call of duty, he bade farewell to his family who were then 

 making their home with relatives in Albemarle County 

 and, with his youngest son, Matthew Fontaine, Jr., he 

 set out for Charleston to take ship as soon as practicable 

 for his new field of work. 



