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.

Life Samuel Henry Lockett was born on July 7, 1837, in Mecklenburg County Virginia.

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.

When John C. Pemberton assumed command of the department on 1 November 1862, Lockett's responsibilities increased. He exercised authority over the entire area from Holly Springs to Port Hudson and from Vicksburg to Jackson. As part of his duties, Lockett surveyed defensive positions around Jackson and Edwards Station. In May 1863, after Grant had crossed the river, Lockett laid out defensive bridgeheads at several crossing sites along the Big Black River. 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.

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

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