Albert Miller Lea
Albert Miller Lea | |
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 Lea in uniform, c. 1862 | |
| Born | July 23, 1808 Richland, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | January 16, 1891 (aged 82) Corsicana, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Military engineer |
Albert Miller Lea (July 23, 1808 – January 16, 1891) was an American military engineer who surveyed southern Minnesota and northern Iowa in 1835.[1]
Biography
Lea was born in
In 1844, he earned his master's degree in engineering from East Tennessee University in Knoxville and joined the faculty as an instructor. From 1849 to 1854, was the city engineer for Knoxville, as well as managing a local glass manufacturing company. He moved to East Texas in 1855.[3]
During the American Civil War, Lea was an engineering officer in the Confederate States Army with the rank of major (later, lieutenant colonel). During the Battle of Galveston on New Year's Day 1863, his 25-year-old son, Lt. Commander Edward Lea of the Union Navy, was mortally wounded while serving on the USRC Harriet Lane. Lea himself was among the Confederate officers who boarded the captured ship, and found his son shortly before his death.[4]
After the war, Lea lived in Galveston for several years. He moved in 1874 to Corsicana, Texas, where he purchased a farm. He died of heart failure in 1891 and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana.
Honors
Albert Lea, Minnesota, was named in his honor.[5]
References
- ^ "The Early Settlement of Albert Lea". Sequicentennial History. City of Albert Lea. Archived from the original on 2007-06-16. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 198.
- ^ The Tennessee Encyclopedia
- ^ Find a Grave
- ISBN 9781609492830.
Further reading
- Block, W. T., "A Towering East Texas Pioneer: A Biographical Sketch of Colonel Albert Miller Lea." East Texas Historical Journal, Volume XXXII, Number 2 (1993), pp. 23–33.
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