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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 Lockwood, and a tactical reconstruction of Commodore Jones’s seizure of Monterey. Matthews inverts Lockwood's unjust historical reputation by offering a comprehensive defense of Lockwood’s actions at Cold Harbor and an unblinking exposé of the reprehensible conduct of corps commander Governor Warren in relieving him.
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CONTENTS
Author's Preface
Acknowledgments
One: Bay Colony to Delmarva
Two: Henry Lockwood's Early Years
Three: The Florida War Ordeal
Four: Life Aboard a Man-of-War
Five: The Asylum Naval School as Precursor to the Naval Academy
Six: Building the Naval School at Fort Severn
Seven: The Delmarva Pacification Campaign: An Untold Story
Eight: Gettysburg: To Preserve a Nation
Nine: Higher Commands, Rejoining the Army of the Potomac, and On Toward Richmond
Ten: Cold Harbor: The Darkest Day
Eleven: Final Years of Service and Retirement
Twelve: The Older Brother: Navy Surgeon John Lockwood and the Early Years
Thirteen: Surgeon Lockwood: The Later Assignments and a New Life
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
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About the author
Lloyd J. Matthews is a retired Army colonel.
