Jacob K. Lonas Officer Commissioning Certificates for the East Tennessee Cavalry
This collection includes two documents signed by Andrew Johnson and Edward H. East during the Union Army’s occupation of Tennessee in the Civil War for military appointments of Jacob K. Lonas. The first document is dated December 13, 1862 and it appoints Jacob K. Lonas of Knox County as the First Lieutenant of Company 6 in the First Regiment of the East Tennessee Cavalry of the Force of Tennessee Volunteers. The second document is dated July 25, 1864 and it appoints Jacob K. Lonas as the Captain of Company 6 in the First Regiment of Cavalry of Tennessee Volunteers in the service of the United States for three years.
Dates
- 1862 December 13-1864 July 25
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (2 folders)
Overview
This collection includes two documents signed by Andrew Johnson and Edward H. East during the Union Army’s occupation of Tennessee in the Civil War for military appointments of Jacob K. Lonas. The first document is dated December 13, 1862 and it appoints Jacob K. Lonas of Knox County as the First Lieutenant of Company 6 in the First Regiment of the East Tennessee Cavalry of the Force of Tennessee Volunteers. The second document is dated July 25, 1864 and it appoints Jacob K. Lonas as the Captain of Company 6 in the First Regiment of Cavalry of Tennessee Volunteers in the service of the United States for three years.
Biographical / Historical
No biographical information is available for Jacob K. Lonas.
Edward Hazzard East was born on October 1, 1830 in Davidson County, Tennessee, the son of Edward Hyde and Cecelia (Buchanan) East. He served as the Tennessee Secretary of State while Andrew Johnson was governor and held the governorship for the month between Johnson and William Brownlow. East was a lawyer and a judge in addition to serving as one of the five original members of the Board of Trustees of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He married Ida C. Horton and with her had two children, Edine and Bessie. Edward East died on November 12, 1904 in Davidson County, Tennessee.
Andrew Johnson served as the 17th President of the United States. Prior to holding that office, Johnson held several political and military appointments, particularly in Tennessee.
Arrangement
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Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository