This was another Robert Lucas, not the one I wrote about from Scioto County, Ohio, who went on to become a governor of Ohio and territorial governor of Iowa. Whether he was related to that Robert Lucas is not known to me.
West Point graduate No. 23: Robert Lucas.
Cadet from Dec. 29, 1804 to Nov. 14, 1806. Appointed 2nd lieutenant, Regt. of Artillerists Nov. 14, 1806. Served in garrisons along the Atlantic coast 1806-1810. Resigned Oct. 31, 1810.
Reappointed to Army with rank of major in 22nd Infantry, March 3, 1813. Served during the War of 1812 on the Northern Frontier, 1813-1814 and was engaged in the capture of Fort George, Upper Canada, on May 27, 1813 and was in General Wilkinson's Descent of the St. Lawrence River in 1813.
Died Feb. 4, 1814, at French Mills, New York, at age 26.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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