General Henry Lockwood of Delaware by Matthews Colonel Lloyd J.;

Author:Matthews, Colonel Lloyd J.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: 2012-03-01T16:00:00+00:00

Lockwood’s Plaudits

Except for his few years farming following the Seminole Indian War experience, the trajectory of Lockwood’s career was marked by a steady ascent to ever greater responsibilities (and even his farming phase doubtless proved useful in the Eastern Shore campaign, facilitating his relations with Delmarva planters, who suddenly faced the prospect of a seismic disruption in their living, culture, and way of life). Lockwood emerged from the Delmarva campaign with a reputation as a highly competent and versatile general, that rarity whose skills extended from the dusty tactical venues where the boot meets the groin, all the way up to the highest levels of political and bureaucratic endeavor. He revealed himself to be a leader who not only exacted obedience from his subordinates, but who accorded obedience to his superiors, a man who could therefore be trusted to execute difficult and sensitive missions with finesse, all the while hewing to the letter of his orders when known, and to the spirit of his mission in the absence of orders.

Lockwood’s superiors were appreciative. As the occupation spread finally to the southernmost portion of Delmarva, General Dix on November 25, 1861, wrote Lockwood: “[I] am much gratified with the judicious and efficient manner in which you are carrying out my instructions and with the readiness with which the people of Accomac are disposed to accede to the friendly overtures made to them in my proclamation.”[76] President Lincoln in a war update to Congress on December 3, 1861, was especially commendatory of the pacification of the Eastern Shore:

An insurgent force of about 1,500 for months dominating the narrow peninsular region constituting the counties of Accomac and Northampton, and known as the Eastern Shore of Virginia, together with some contiguous parts of Maryland, have laid down their arms; and the people there have renewed their allegiance to and accepted the protection of the old flag. This leaves no armed insurrectionists north of the Potomac or east of the Chesapeake.[77]

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