GENERAL NATHANIEL LYON WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: LYON PARK-BROADWAY BOULEVARD AND ARSENAL STREET
City: SAINT LOUIS
State: Missouri
Zip Code: 63118
Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument
Year Dedicated: 1874
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: MIKE CAMERO
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
GENERAL NATHANIEL LYON WAS THE FIRST UNION GENERAL TO BE KILLED IN THE CIVIL WAR AND IS NOTED FOR HIS ACTIONS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR.
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