Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gen. Lyon” in chapter 179 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1.:
...ors awaited them.
The spoils were unloaded, and the prisoners marched to safe and comfortable quarters.-Gen. Lyon received them in the spirit of a true soldier, and the troops gave three cheers for Gen. Lyon , three for Col. Blair and three for the Stars and Stripes, and then caught the Secession flag and tore it into shreds in a twinkling.--St. Louis Democrat, May 17.
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