Samuel Henry Lockett

Samuel Henry Lockett (July 7, 1837 – October 12, 1891) was a Virginian engineering officer in the armies of the United States, Confederate States, and Egypt. He was also a professor at Louisiana State University and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, as well as an amateur artist.[1]

Samuel H. Lockett
BornJuly 7, 1837
Mecklenburg County, Virginia, US
DiedOctober 12, 1891 (aged 54)
Bogota, Colombia
Allegiance United States
Confederate States
Khedivate of Egypt
BranchUnited States Army
Confederate States Army
Egyptian Army
Rank Bvt. Second Lieutenant (USA)
Colonel (CSA)
Colonel (Egyptian Army)
Battles

Life

Samuel Henry Lockett was born on July 7, 1837, in Mecklenburg County Virginia.[2]

Military career

He was a Cadet at the Military Academy, at West Point, New York, from July 1, 1854, to July 1, 1859, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Brevet Second Lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, on July 1, 1859.[2]

He served, at the Military Academy, from 1859 to 1861, as assistant instructor in the use of small arms, from November 19, 1858, to September 4, 1860—and as assistant professor of Spanish, from September 2, 1859, to September 4, 1860; and as assistant engineer in the construction of Forts Pulaski and Jackson, Savannah River, Georgia, between 1860 and 1861.[2]

He resigned his commission in the U.S. Army on February 1, 1861.[2] He joined the forces of the Confederacy and fought in the Civil War of 1861 to 1865 against the United States.[2]

He was a Colonel of Engineers in the Egyptian Army, from July 17, 1875, to August 31, 1877.[2]

Civil career

He was Principal Assistant Engineer in the construction of the pedestal of the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty, New York harbor, from June 1883 to October 1884.[3] He was involved in the construction of water and gas works in various cities in the United States to 1888, and was engaged in engineering and railroad work in South America (Chile and Colombia), from 1888 to 1891.[3]

He died on October 12, 1891, at Bogotá, Colombia, aged 54.[3]

Likenesses
  • Samuel Henry Lockett
    Samuel Henry Lockett
  • Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Henry Lockett, CSA
    Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Henry Lockett, CSA
  • Colonel Samuel Henry Lockett, CSA
    Colonel Samuel Henry Lockett, CSA
  • Colonel Samuel H. Lockett, Egyptian Army
    Colonel Samuel H. Lockett, Egyptian Army
  • Bronze relief portrait of Major Samuel Lockett, erected March 1, 1910
    Bronze relief portrait of Major Samuel Lockett, erected March 1, 1910

Paintings
  • Confederate soldier lying dead on the ground with his right arm over his head and a rifle with a bayonet resting beside his body, 1863
    Confederate soldier lying dead on the ground with his right arm over his head and a rifle with a bayonet resting beside his body, 1863
  • Night Passage of Union Boats at Vicksburg on the Mississippi, 1863
    Night Passage of Union Boats at Vicksburg on the Mississippi, 1863
  • Confederate soldier leaning on the barrel of a gun, gazing over a moonlit lake, 1863
    Confederate soldier leaning on the barrel of a gun, gazing over a moonlit lake, 1863

References
  1. University of North Carolina.
  2. Cullum 1879, ii. p. 481.
  3. Cullum 1901, suppl. iv. p. 113.

Sources
  • Cullum, George W. (1879). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. New York, NY: James Miller. p. 481.
  • Cullum, George W. (1901). Holden, Edward S. (ed.). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y. Supplement, Vol. 4. Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press. p. 113.
  • "Samuel Henry Lockett Papers, 1820–1972 (Collection Number: 00432)". University of North Carolina (UNC). Retrieved April 4, 2023.

Further reading
  • Lockett, Samuel Henry (1969). Post, Lauren C. (ed.). Louisiana As It Is: A Geographical and Topographical Description of the State. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 9781455607716, 1455607711.
  • Post, Lauren C. (1964). "Samuel Henry Lockett (1837–1891): A Sketch of His Life and Work". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, 5(4): pp. 421–441.
  • Wheeler, Jos. (June 9, 1892). "Samuel Henry Lockett". Twenty-Third Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy, at West Point, New York. Saginaw, MI: Seemann & Peters. pp. 30–35.
  • Retreat from Gettysburg: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. New York, NY: Castle Books, 1956. pp. xv, 481, 485.
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