Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General Nathaniel Lyon

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                                    LYON
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   LYON, GEN NATHANIEL, born in Ashford, Conn., July 14, 1818. Graduated
   at West Point 1841. Served in Seminole war and through Mexican war.
   Wounded at Mexico, and brevetted captain. Assigned to California, and
   promoted to captain 1851. On duty in Kansas in 1859. Ordered to St.
   Louis February, 1861, where he organized the Union forces. Made
   brigadier-general of volunteers June, 1861. Dispersed Confederate
   forces at Potosi, and on June 17 defeated Governor Jackson's State
   militia. On August 2 defeated McCullough at Dry Springs. Defeated at
   Wilson's Creek by Price and McCullough, and killed in that battle
   August 10, 1861.