★  Lockwood, Henry Hayes

Henry Hayes Lockwood

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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
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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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He spent most of his career on the eastern shores of Maryland and Virginia, except for a few times when he was asked to reinforce the Army of the Potomac. He led a brigade to Gettysburg and was assigned to the 12th Corps where fought on Culp's Hill. After a brief service at Harper's Ferry he was returned back to his old post and briefly commanded the Corps.Early in the Overland Campaign he was sent with reinforcements to Cold Harbor where he commanded a division until relieved by Grant's order and sent back to Maryland. From there he led a force in the defense of Washington against Early's raid. He then finished out the war in Maryland.
 
When General John C. Robinson was wounded his division was broken up and dispersed among other commanders for the remainder of the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse. This division was reassembled and Lockwood was assigned to command it.on May 29 during the battle of Totopotomoy Creek.
 
At different times he commanded the 1st and the 3rd Seperate Brigades in the 8th Corps and the Independent Brigade in the 12th Corps. From what I've read there isn't a whole lot of difference in a Separate and an Independent Brigade.
 
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