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
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
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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…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. He had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida and the Mexican–American War. In 1850 he co-led the Bloody Island Massacre of 60–200 Pomo Native…
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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