515.. (Born Me.).....JOSEPH L. LOCKE....(Ap'd Me.). .8
Military History. - Cadet at the Miilitary Academy, July 1, 1824,
to July 1, 1828, when he was graduatedl and promoted in the Army to
BYT. SECOND LIEUT. OF ARTILLERY, JULY 1, 1828.
SECOND LIEUT., 2D ARTILLERY, JULY 1, 1828.
Served: in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice),
1828-29; at; the Military Academy, as Asst. Instructor of Infantry Tactics,
Sep. 8, 1829, to Sep. 1, 1831;
on Ordnance duty, Sep. 1, 1831, to Dec. 31, 1833;
in garrison at Ft. Wood, La., 1834,--Ft. Clinch, Fla.,
(FIRST LIEUT., 2D ARTILLERY, Nov. 17, 1834)
1834,-Ft. Brooke, Fla., 1834-35, -and Savannah, Ga., 1835-36; and
in the Florida War, 1836.
RESIGNED, AUG. 16, 1836.
Civil History. - Chief Engineer of the Brunswick andl Altamaha
Canal Company, 1837-40. Editor of the "'Savannah Republican," Savannah,
Ga., 1840-53.
Residled mostly in Europe, 1853-62.
Joined in the Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States.
DIED, OCT. 5, 1864, AT SAVANNAH, GA.: AGED 56.