BRIGADIER GENERAL NATHANIEL LYON WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones
Year Dedicated: 1928
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: SEMINOLE WAR, MEXICAN WAR AND CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: BRYAN OLSON
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
GENERAL LYON WAS A VETERAN OF THE SEMINOLE AND MEXICAN WARS AND COMMANDED FEDERAL FORCES AT WILSON’S CREEK. HIS DEATH AT WILSON’S CREEK AT THE AGE OF 43 MADE HIM THE FIRST UNION GENERAL TO DIE IN BATTLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR
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