Nathaniel Lyon (July 14, 1818 – August 10, 1861) 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. from the book History of the War for the Union : civil, military and naval. Founded on official and other authentic documents / by Evert A. Duyckinck. Illustrated from original paintings, by Alonzo Chappel by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, Publisher New York : Johnson, Fry 1862

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