Nathaniel Lyon
✓ Source-basedstableFirst Union general to be killed in the American Civil War
United StatesLived 1818 to 1861 · aged 43Fame52.3
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Nathaniel Lyon was a United States Army officer who was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War. He is noted for his actions in Missouri in 1861, at the beginning of the conflict, to forestall secret secessionist plans of the governor Claiborne Jackson.
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A stone chimney with four fireplaces is all that is left of General Nathaniel Lyon's birthplace homestead at Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park.
A monument to Nathaniel Lyon with the St. Louis Arsenal in the background
General Nathaniel Lyon
Death of General Lyon in the Battle of Wilson's Creek
Nathaniel Lyon, lithograph possibly depicting the Battle of Wilson's Creek
General Nathaniel Lyon's Grave in General Lyon Cemetery in Eastford, ConnecticutIn their orbit 1
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Lived 1818 to 1861 · aged 43
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