Pvt. Robert Rion Lucas

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Robert Rion Lucas

Birthdate:
Death: 1907 (64-65)
Place of Burial: Elmwood Cemetery Shepherdstown Jefferson County West Virginia
Immediate Family:

Son of Edward Lucas, US Congress and Mary Ellen Lucas
Brother of James Buchanan Lucas

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About Pvt. Robert Rion Lucas

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13797195&ref=wvr

Lucas, Robert R. Papers, 1861-1865. Accession 29765. 9 leaves. Photocopies. Library of Va. Papers, 1861-1865, of Robert R. Lucas (1842-1907) of Jefferson County, (West) Virginia, and a member of Company F, 1st Virginia Cavalry, consisting of his Confederate service record which notes a controversy over whether he was a prisoner of War or a political prisoner. Letter, 24 February 1864, from commissioners examining Lucas' situation to General H. H. Lockwood stating that Lucas should be classified as a prisoner of War. An anecdote concerning a violin purchased by Lucas and others while at Fort Delaware prison, stating that the last of the prisoners to leave would keep the violin. Lucas was that prisoner.

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Pvt. Robert Rion Lucas's Timeline

1842
1842
1907
1907
Age 65
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Elmwood Cemetery Shepherdstown Jefferson County West Virginia