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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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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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