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West Point (New York, United States) (search for this): entry lyon-nathaniel
Lyon, Nathaniel 1818- Military officer; born in Ashford, Conn., July 14, 1818; killed in battle, Aug. 10, 1861; graduated at West Point in 1841. He served in the war in Florida and against Mexico, where he gained honors for gallant conduct; became captain in 1851; and when the Civil War broke out was placed in command of the arsenal at St. Louis, where he Nathaniel Lyon. outwitted and outgeneralled the Confederates. Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861, the command of the department devolved on him, June 1. He acted with great vigor against the Confederates under the governor (Jackson) of Missouri; he attacked a large force at Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, on Aug. 10, 1861; and was killed in the battle. Lyon was unmarried, and bequeathed nearly all his property (about $30,000) to the government to assist in preserving the Union.
Springfield, Mo. (Missouri, United States) (search for this): entry lyon-nathaniel
Lyon, Nathaniel 1818- Military officer; born in Ashford, Conn., July 14, 1818; killed in battle, Aug. 10, 1861; graduated at West Point in 1841. He served in the war in Florida and against Mexico, where he gained honors for gallant conduct; became captain in 1851; and when the Civil War broke out was placed in command of the arsenal at St. Louis, where he Nathaniel Lyon. outwitted and outgeneralled the Confederates. Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861, the command of the department devolved on him, June 1. He acted with great vigor against the Confederates under the governor (Jackson) of Missouri; he attacked a large force at Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, on Aug. 10, 1861; and was killed in the battle. Lyon was unmarried, and bequeathed nearly all his property (about $30,000) to the government to assist in preserving the Union.
Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): entry lyon-nathaniel
Lyon, Nathaniel 1818- Military officer; born in Ashford, Conn., July 14, 1818; killed in battle, Aug. 10, 1861; graduated at West Point in 1841. He served in the war in Florida and against Mexico, where he gained honors for gallant conduct; became captain in 1851; and when the Civil War broke out was placed in command of the arsenal at St. Louis, where he Nathaniel Lyon. outwitted and outgeneralled the Confederates. Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861, the command of the department devolved on him, June 1. He acted with great vigor against the Confederates under the governor (Jackson) of Missouri; he attacked a large force at Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, on Aug. 10, 1861; and was killed in the battle. Lyon was unmarried, and bequeathed nearly all his property (about $30,000) to the government to assist in preserving the Union.
Ashford (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): entry lyon-nathaniel
Lyon, Nathaniel 1818- Military officer; born in Ashford, Conn., July 14, 1818; killed in battle, Aug. 10, 1861; graduated at West Point in 1841. He served in the war in Florida and against Mexico, where he gained honors for gallant conduct; became captain in 1851; and when the Civil War broke out was placed in command of the arsenal at St. Louis, where he Nathaniel Lyon. outwitted and outgeneralled the Confederates. Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861, the command of the department devolved on him, June 1. He acted with great vigor against the Confederates under the governor (Jackson) of Missouri; he attacked a large force at Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, on Aug. 10, 1861; and was killed in the battle. Lyon was unmarried, and bequeathed nearly all his property (about $30,000) to the government to assist in preserving the Union.
Florida (Florida, United States) (search for this): entry lyon-nathaniel
Lyon, Nathaniel 1818- Military officer; born in Ashford, Conn., July 14, 1818; killed in battle, Aug. 10, 1861; graduated at West Point in 1841. He served in the war in Florida and against Mexico, where he gained honors for gallant conduct; became captain in 1851; and when the Civil War broke out was placed in command of the arsenal at St. Louis, where he Nathaniel Lyon. outwitted and outgeneralled the Confederates. Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861, the command of the department devolved on him, June 1. He acted with great vigor against the Confederates under the governor (Jackson) of Missouri; he attacked a large force at Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, on Aug. 10, 1861; and was killed in the battle. Lyon was unmarried, and bequeathed nearly all his property (about $30,000) to the government to assist in preserving the Union.
Wilson's Creek (Missouri, United States) (search for this): entry lyon-nathaniel
Lyon, Nathaniel 1818- Military officer; born in Ashford, Conn., July 14, 1818; killed in battle, Aug. 10, 1861; graduated at West Point in 1841. He served in the war in Florida and against Mexico, where he gained honors for gallant conduct; became captain in 1851; and when the Civil War broke out was placed in command of the arsenal at St. Louis, where he Nathaniel Lyon. outwitted and outgeneralled the Confederates. Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861, the command of the department devolved on him, June 1. He acted with great vigor against the Confederates under the governor (Jackson) of Missouri; he attacked a large force at Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, on Aug. 10, 1861; and was killed in the battle. Lyon was unmarried, and bequeathed nearly all his property (about $30,000) to the government to assist in preserving the Union.
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): entry lyon-nathaniel
Lyon, Nathaniel 1818- Military officer; born in Ashford, Conn., July 14, 1818; killed in battle, Aug. 10, 1861; graduated at West Point in 1841. He served in the war in Florida and against Mexico, where he gained honors for gallant conduct; became captain in 1851; and when the Civil War broke out was placed in command of the arsenal at St. Louis, where he Nathaniel Lyon. outwitted and outgeneralled the Confederates. Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861, the command of the department devolved on him, June 1. He acted with great vigor against the Confederates under the governor (Jackson) of Missouri; he attacked a large force at Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, on Aug. 10, 1861; and was killed in the battle. Lyon was unmarried, and bequeathed nearly all his property (about $30,000) to the government to assist in preserving the Union.
Nathaniel Lyon (search for this): entry lyon-nathaniel
Lyon, Nathaniel 1818- Military officer; born in Ashford, Conn., July 14, 1818; killed in battle, Aug. 10, 1861; graduated at West Point in 1841. He served in the war in Florida and against Mexico, where he gained honors for gallant conduct; became captain in 1851; and when the Civil War broke out was placed in command of the arsenal at St. Louis, where he Nathaniel Lyon. outwitted and outgeneralled the Confederates. Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861, the command of the department devolved on him, June 1. He acted with great vigor against the Confederates under the governor (Jackson) of Missouri; he attacked a large forceHe acted with great vigor against the Confederates under the governor (Jackson) of Missouri; he attacked a large force at Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, on Aug. 10, 1861; and was killed in the battle. Lyon was unmarried, and bequeathed nearly all his property (about $30,000) to the government to assist in preserving the Union.
Andrew Jackson (search for this): entry lyon-nathaniel
Lyon, Nathaniel 1818- Military officer; born in Ashford, Conn., July 14, 1818; killed in battle, Aug. 10, 1861; graduated at West Point in 1841. He served in the war in Florida and against Mexico, where he gained honors for gallant conduct; became captain in 1851; and when the Civil War broke out was placed in command of the arsenal at St. Louis, where he Nathaniel Lyon. outwitted and outgeneralled the Confederates. Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861, the command of the department devolved on him, June 1. He acted with great vigor against the Confederates under the governor (Jackson) of Missouri; he attacked a large force at Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, on Aug. 10, 1861; and was killed in the battle. Lyon was unmarried, and bequeathed nearly all his property (about $30,000) to the government to assist in preserving the Union.
May, 1861 AD (search for this): entry lyon-nathaniel
Lyon, Nathaniel 1818- Military officer; born in Ashford, Conn., July 14, 1818; killed in battle, Aug. 10, 1861; graduated at West Point in 1841. He served in the war in Florida and against Mexico, where he gained honors for gallant conduct; became captain in 1851; and when the Civil War broke out was placed in command of the arsenal at St. Louis, where he Nathaniel Lyon. outwitted and outgeneralled the Confederates. Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in May, 1861, the command of the department devolved on him, June 1. He acted with great vigor against the Confederates under the governor (Jackson) of Missouri; he attacked a large force at Wilson's Creek, near Springfield, on Aug. 10, 1861; and was killed in the battle. Lyon was unmarried, and bequeathed nearly all his property (about $30,000) to the government to assist in preserving the Union.
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