Henry Hayes Lockwood
Born: August 17, 1814
Birthplace: Kent County, Delaware
Father: William K. Lockwood 1786 – 1872
(Buried: Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Dover, Delaware)
Mother: Mary Hayes 1795 – 1818
(Buried: Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Dover, Delaware)
Wife: Anna Rogers Booth 1820 – 1894
(Buried: United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)
Children:
Eliza Rogers Lockwood Sigsbee 1850 – 1926
(Buried: United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)
Lt. James Booth Lockwood 1852 – 1884
(Buried: United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)
Anna Lockwood Peck 1854 – 1936
(Buried: United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)
Caroline Reed Lockwood Rittenhouse 1856 – 1936
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Julia Lockwood Orme 1859 – 1948
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Mary Murray Lockwood 1861 – 1945
(Buried: United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)
Virginia Lockwood 1863 – 1868
(Buried: United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)
Henry Lockwood 1866 – 1957
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Education:
1836: Graduated from West Point Military Academy - (22nd in class)
Occupation before War:
1836: Brevet 2nd Lt. In 2nd United States Army Artillery
1836 – 1837: 2nd Lt. In 2nd United States Army Artillery
1836 – 1837: Served in Florida in the Seminole Indian War
1837: Resigned from United States Army on September 12th
1841 – 1861: Mathematics Professor for United States Navy
1842: Adjutant for the landing party of Commodore Jones in California
1845 – 1847: Mathematics Professor at U.S. Naval Academy
1847 – 1856: Gunnery Professor at U.S. Naval Academy
1850 – 1861: Infantry & Artillery Tactics Professor U.S. Naval Academy
1852: Author of “Exercises in Small Arms, and Field Artillery”
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 1st Delaware Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1865: Brigadier General in Union Army, Volunteers
1861 – 1863: Commander of Eastern Shore of Virginia
1863: Commander of Point Lookout & Lower Potomac Defenses
1863: Commander of Harper's Ferry, Virginia
1863 – 1864: Commander of Union Army, Middle Department
1864: Participated in the Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia
1864: Commander of Provisional Troops, in Defense of Baltimore
1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander in Baltimore, Maryland
1865: Mustered out of the Volunteer Army on August 24th
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1870: Philosophy Professor at United States Naval Academy
1870 – 1871: Supernumerary Professor at United States Naval Academy
1871 – 1876: In Charge of United States Naval Observatory in D.C.
1876: Retired from Military Service on August 14th
1876 – 1899: Lived Retired in Georgetown, District of Columbia
Died: December 7, 1899
Place of Death: Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
Age at time of Death: 85 years old
Cause of Death: Nephritis and convulsion
Burial Place: United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland
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