Background
Lockwood was born in Kent County, Delaware. In 1856, his son, James Booth Lockwood, was born.
Lockwood was born in Kent County, Delaware. In 1856, his son, James Booth Lockwood, was born.
He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1836, served in the Seminole Wars as a lieutenant in the Second Artillery, and resigned his commission in the next year.
In 1841 he was made professor of mathematics at the United States Naval Academy, where from 1851 to 1866 he held the professorship of field artillery and infantry tactics. James would later go on to participate in and perish on the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in 1884. Lockwood entered the Union Army as colonel of the 1st Delaware Infantry, was commissioned a brigadier general of volunteers on August 8, 1861, and served in the defenses of the lower Potomac River.
He commanded a brigade attached to XII Corps at the Battle of Gettysburg.
His brigade was kept directly under corps headquarters during the battle, because the acting corps commander, Brigade General Alpheus South. Williams, did not want an unknown officer commanding 1st Division just because he was senior of Brigade
General Thomas H. Ruger. The brigade was absorbed into the division after Williams returned to that command and Major
General Henry West. Slocum resumed corps command.
In the winter of 1863-1864 Lockwood was commander of the Middle Department, with headquarters at Baltimore, Maryland. Later he took part in the Richmond Campaign, briefly commanding a division in V Corps. He was sent back to the Middle Department because his corps commander, Major
General
Gouverneur K. Warren, did not find him sufficiently competent for so high a rank. On July 23, 1862, Lockwood commandeered the Cessford property at Eastville, Virginia for his headquarters and remained in residence of the property throughout the war. After the war, Lockwood became a professor at the United States. Naval Academy.
He commanded the United States. Naval Observatory from 1870 to 1876 and retired from service on August 18, 1876.
He died in Georgetown, District of Columbia, and is buried at the United States. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland. He was the author of Manual of Naval Batteries (1852) and Exercises in Small Arms and Field Artillery (1852).