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
Bloody Island massacre
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The Bloody Island Massacre was a mass killing of indigenous Californians by U.S. Dragoons that occurred on what was then an island in Clear Lake, California, on May 15, 1850. It is part of the wider C
Nathaniel Lyon
…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 American old men, women, and children as part of the wider California genocide. Several days later, Lyon was responsible for…
Site of Kelsey & Stone's house (and reburied remains), Cal. Landmark No. 426