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    • Historic People of Camden
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      • Elizabeth Goggin
      • General Henry Hayes Lockwood
      • Thomas Irons
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      • Northeast Corner Store
      • Odd Fellows Lodge
      • Old Baptist Church
      • Original Caesar Rodney School
      • Quaker Meeting House
      • Southeast Corner Store
      • Stetson & Ellison Cannery
      • The Terry House
      • Union Academy
      • Whatcoat Methodist Cemetery
      • Zion AME Church

General Henry Hayes Lockwood

b. Aug. 17, 1814, d. Dec. 7, 1889

photo courtesy of the United States Naval Academy

Henry Hayes Lockwood was from Camden or the surrounding area. He was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and was a general in the Civil War and was at Gettysburg. He also commanded troops on the eastern shore of Virginia. He is considered one of the founders of the United States Naval Academy and taught there as well.

Friends of Historic Camden

25 S Main St
Camden, DE 19934


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