Claiborne Fox Jackson
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Claiborne Fox Jackson was an American politician of the Democratic Party in Missouri. He was elected as the 15th governor of Missouri, serving from January 3, 1861, until July 31, 1861, when he was fo
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Stump Speaking, 1853–54 by George Caleb Bingham; the outstanding citizen sitting at right opposite the Stump Orator is Claiborn Fox Jackson while the Stump Orator is his nephew by marriage Erasmus D Sappington
Claiborne Fox Jackson in an 1893 book.
Jackson's tomb in the Sappington Cemetery, Saline County, Missouri
Nathaniel Lyon
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Nathaniel Lyon was a United States Army officer who 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 conflic
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…ammunition. Jackson plotted to seize the Arsenal, and asked Davis to send artillery to breach the Arsenal's walls. The commander of the Arsenal was Captain Nathaniel Lyon, a pro-Union regular Army officer. On April 26, 1861, under orders from Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Lyon worked with Missouri Volunteers and Illinois…
Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, commander of the Federal forces at Wilson's Creek
A stone chimney with four fireplaces is all that is left of General Nathaniel Lyon's birthplace homestead at Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park.
A monument to Nathaniel Lyon with the St. Louis Arsenal in the background
General Nathaniel Lyon