. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . le,June 14th. Lyon followed,dispersed the militia on the17th, and otlier Confederatetroops, under McCulloch, atDug Springs, on August he had sent Sigelwith twelve hundred men intosouthwestern Missouri, and onJuly oth that intrei)id leader These fearless leaders hy their pronijjt anddaring actions at the outbreak of the ^\arkept Missouri within the Union. CaptainNathaniel Lyon, U. S. A., a veteran of theMexican War, had been on duty in Kansasduring the free soil riots and knew whatit was to see a State torn by dissensio
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . le,June 14th. Lyon followed,dispersed the militia on the17th, and otlier Confederatetroops, under McCulloch, atDug Springs, on August he had sent Sigelwith twelve hundred men intosouthwestern Missouri, and onJuly oth that intrei)id leader These fearless leaders hy their pronijjt anddaring actions at the outbreak of the ^\arkept Missouri within the Union. CaptainNathaniel Lyon, U. S. A., a veteran of theMexican War, had been on duty in Kansasduring the free soil riots and knew whatit was to see a State torn by dissension. Atthe outbreak of the war he was in commandof the United States arsenal at St. Sigel, a Prussian refugee, had settledm St. Louis in 1858, and in May, 1861, raisedthe Union Third Missouri Infantry and be-came its colonel. Under Lyon he helpedto capture Camp Jackson, St. Louis, wlici-cGeneral Frost was drilling a small body ofvolunteer state militia. On June 1, 1801,the command of the Federal Department ofthe West was given to Lyon, who had been. r„,„jr,,lhl oy tatru,t Iuh. :\LUOIl-GENERALFRANZ SIGEL
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