The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-01-01
EDWARD LEA,
Lieut.. Commander o. 8. n,
Born Jan. slst, 1857.
Killed In Battle January LIST. 1859
my Father Is Here"

ssThis modest stone," remarked the
correspondents companion. ''commem-
crates one of the saddest of the many
sad events transpiring during the late
war. forit marks the last resting place
of as brave an officer as ever trod the
deck Of an American man-of-war. Ed
ward Lea was Baltimoreau by birth.
and the breaking out of the war found
him an officer in the FEDERAL navy. Ha|
father, Major Albert NJ. Lea. who -
poused the Confederate side. had writ.
ten him early in 81 giving his views o.
the then pending contest, adding that
he must Judge for himself the side b.
would take. but should he choose thes
service Of the United States they would
probably never meet again, unless per-
chance in battle.
The young officer elected to stan1
by the old flag, and when the steamW
Harriet Lane was transformed into =
man-of-war he was selected by Cautain
Wainwright a. her First Lieutenant
and in that capacity served under Eaz-z
ragut at Fort Jackson. New Orlean1
and Vicksburg. When the United Stat0
forces occupied Galveston. in the III
of 1862. the Harriet Lane formed one q
the fiotilla, aud when the city was ~
taken By the rebel forces under Magr<
der. on the LIST of January, 1868, Ma =
A. II. Lea. the father of the young Lieor
tenant, Was among the attacking party
and from the shore witnessed his sons
ship surrender, after her Captain ha4s
been killed and most of her officers dae
perately wounded.
.teProcedlng to the head Of Beao'e
wharf, near where the fight took plaoA
Major Lea hailed the Harriet Lane. -
on whose bulwarks General Tom Gree
| and Commodore Leon Smith stood. -
asked If any of the steamers officeu
had been killed or wounded, and the ~
ply was:
| :" Yes; nearly all .of them
/ major Lea was then granted -
mission to 60 on board and, meeting 9
officer Of the ship. asked il Lieutenanf
Lea was there, and was answered:
"'Yes, and badly wounded
81 am his father. replied the Co.
federare officer; and he was then led =
his son. who was lying in the cock
surrounded by the dead and dying. n
SON recognized the father, telling h
that he hoped he was not mOrtal
wounded. DR.. Penrose. of PhiladelphA
who was operating upon wounded NJ
stated that the Lieutenant was 10
tally wounded and might die within .
hour. or might inger for several Day
The father then returned to
1 shore to procure an ambulance to -
the wounded man to the hospital. -
| I.,r.ur~ k,s . huouro the Tioutonaut -
pired, his last words. when asked = Il
had any directions to give, being -
DIV: NV father is here He -
buried. together with Captain We.
wright. on the I'd of January. with -
itary honors, v.,.;-
asked the fathers leave to remove
remains of the Lieutenant to Gn
Mount Cemetery and place them BE-:
his mother. but the request was denS
the father feeling that it was
fitting for the brave sailor TO -
where he fell in sight of the SEES a.
sound Of the surf In 1866, when
remains of Captain Wainwright
removed by his brother officers.
wished also to take the LieutenA
body to the Naval Academy at Ann
oils, Md, but this effort was also r..
Cd. To-day, of all who fought and
under the stars and stripes on the
riet Lanes decks, the remains OF
tenant Lea are the only ones resting
meath the turf ON Galveston Island
Golvestos (Tsz.' Cor. st Louis -
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