Thomas John Lucas Explained

Thomas J. Lucas
Birth Date:	September 9, 1826
Death Date:	November 17, 1908 (aged 83)
Birth Place:	Lawrenceburg, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:	Lawrenceburg, Indiana, U.S.
Allegiance:	United States
Branch:	U.S. Army Union Army
Branch Label:	Branch
Battles:	Mexican–American War American Civil War Battle of Ball's Bluff

Thomas John Lucas (1826–1908) was an American officer in the Mexican War and the Civil War.

Life

Thomas John Lucas was born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on September 9, 1826.^[1] He was a son of one Major Frederick J. Lucas, who apparently fought under Napoleon.^[2]

in 1847, he left his father's adopted trade of watchmaker and fought in the Mexican War as a 2nd lieutenant of the 4th Indiana Volunteers for a period of 14 months.

In 1861, he entered the Civil War for the Union as lieutenant colonel of the 16th Indiana Regiment and when mustered out was brevetted brigadier general.

He died at Lawrenceburg, Indiana on November 17, 1908, aged 83 years. His wife died several months before him.

Sources

• Warner, Ezra J. (1964). Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. pp. 82, 285–287.

External links

• Web site: October 27, 2001 . Thomas John Lucas . Find a Grave.

Notes and References

1. Warner 1964, p. 285.
2. News: November 19, 1908 . Obituary. General Thomas J. Lucas . 7 . .