Edward Lea

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Edward Lea (31 January 1837 - 1 January 1863) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

Lea was born in Maryland, and graduated from the Naval Academy in October 1855. Serving on the China Station at the outbreak of the Civil War, he continued to serve in the Navy although his father became an officer in the Confederate Army. The two met only once more, in one of the war’s most poignant incidents, when Lea, then executive officer in Harriet Lane, was mortally wounded during the Confederate recapture of Galveston 1 January 1863. His father, serving ashore in Galveston, was with his son at his death.

USS Lea (DD-118) was named for him.

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.