Young Lea Royston (1819 – 1884) was an officer, rising to the rank of colonel, in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

[1] In the Civil War, he entered the military service of the Confederacy as captain of a company in the 8th Alabama Infantry Regiment, and soon rose to the rank of colonel.

[1] He was conspicuous for courage at Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Gaines' Mill and Salem Church, and was dangerously wounded in the two latter battles.

[1] After the war, he took little part in public affairs, but gave his attention to business, much of the time in Dallas.

[1] For several years prior to his death he had been engaged in the warehouse and cotton brokerage business in Selma.