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John Lucas (Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville Legion Captain (U.S.A.))

b. 1835 d. 1891

Louisville, Kentucky, soldier. Native of Ireland. Married to Mary Ellen Condiff Lucas in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on January 22, 1863. Father of Minnie R. Lucas. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain from September 9, 1861, to January 3, 1865. Captured at the Battle of Chickamauga in Walker County, Georgia, on September 19, 1863. Prisoner of war at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, from September 29, 1863, to May 7, 1864. Prisoner of war in Macon, Georgia, from May 7, 1864. Prisoner of war in Columbia, South Carolina. Escaped on November 29, 1864, to Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Bibliography

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Alabama, Limestone County, Township 3, District 4, p. 88B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482709.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0197.

"Capt John Lucas (1835-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial 31965807, accessed July 13, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31965807 .

Citation

Lucas, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32205889 (November 12, 2026).

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