Lockett, son of a wealthy farmer, enlisted as a private in Co. G of the 56th VA Infantry on July 26, 1861. He was wounded in the right foot on June 30, 1862 at Frazier's Farm during the Seven Days Battles, and was commended for "courage and daring" in that battle. On January 14, 1863, he was discharged for disability due to "a gunshot wound of right foot with fracture of tarsal bones resulting in permanent lameness."
Lockett enrolled at R-MC in the fall of 1865, attending for one year. His matriculation record lists him as Royall Lockett, Jr., son of Col. Royall Lockett, Sr. of Oakley, VA, but he is the 3rd generation with the name. He died January 22, 1872 in Richmond, VA.
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