Lyon, Nathaniel

Life Span
to
Full name
Nathaniel Lyon
Place of Birth
Ashford, CT
Burial Place
Eastford, CT
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
0
No. of Children
0
Friends
Francis P. Blair, Jr. 
Family
Amasa Lyon (father), Kezia Knowlton Lyon (mother) 
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Other Affiliations
Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
In Missouri, Federal forces arrest 639 pro-secession St Louis militiamen and face city mobs in response
Violence continues on the streets of St. Louis as pro-Union militia battle with pro-Confederate mobs
At Wilson's Creek in Missouri, a bold Union attack is thrown back and General Nathaniel Lyon killed
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