General Henry Lockwood of Delaware : shipmate of Melville, co-builder of the Naval Academy, Civil War commander / Colonel Lloyd J. Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Lloyd J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.

United States.

Kent County (Del.)--Biography.

Kent County (Del.).

United States Naval Academy--Biography.

United States Naval Academy.

Lockwood, Henry, 1814-1899.

Lockwood, Henry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (495 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on a treasure trove of newly discovered information, General Henry Lockwood of Delaware: Shipmate of Melville, Co-builder of the Naval Academy, Civil War Commander offers the first comparative study of Lockwood's seminal influence on the emergence of the U.S. Naval Academy. Colonel Matthews shines new light on the Civil War commander, with a description of Lockwood's duties during the Seminole Indian War, an analysis of Melville's depiction of Professor Lockwood, a critical discussion of Alfred Thayer Mahan's depiction of

Contents:

Bay Colony to Delmarva

Henry Lockwood's early years

The Florida War ordeal

Life aboard a man-of-war

The Asylum Naval School as precursor to the Naval Academy

Building the Naval School at Fort Severn

The Delmarva Pacification Campaign: an untold story

Gettysburg: to preserve a nation

Higher commands, rejoining the Army of the Potomac, and on toward Richmond

Cold Harbor: the darkest day

Final years of service and retirement

The older brother: Navy Surgeon John Lockwood and the early years

Surgeon Lockwood: the later assignments and a new life.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61149-488-5

OCLC:

877770079