Maury was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he and George E. Pickett were classmates.
[1] He was a major of the 1st Oregon Cavalry, eventually reaching the rank of colonel.
He conducted operations in Oregon and the Idaho Territory and fought in the first part of the Snake War.
[4] The Maury Mountains, in Crook County, Oregon, are named for him.
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