BRIGADIER GENERAL NATHANIEL LYON WAR MEMORIAL
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
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Cemetery Stones
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
SEMINOLE WAR, MEXICAN WAR AND CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
1928
Photograph By:
BRYAN OLSON
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