Life of General Nathaniel Lyon - 1862 - Union Civil War General - Wilson\'s Creek
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Life of General Nathaniel Lyon - 1862 - Union Civil War General - Wilson\'s Creek:
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Life of
General Nathaniel LyonBy Ashbel Woodward, M.D.
Original Cloth binding shows wear to the corners, as well as the
head and foot of the spine - please see photos.
That being said, this copy is in above average condition for this book.
The cloth used to bind these books has not held up well over the years.
There are two other copies currently offered on ,
I feel mine is in the best condition.Scattered light foxing inside, otherwise clean.
Inner hinges are solid.-----
360 pages, frontis portrait, map of the Battle of Wilson\'s Creek
A period biography of a the first
Union General killed in action during the
American Civil War.Includes much about his service in the Mexican War,
and it handles his participation in the \"bloody Island Massacre\"
of the Pomo Indians in 1850 very, very lightly. Wikipedia Entry for Nathaniel Lyon
Nathaniel Lyon (July 14, 1818 – August 10, 1861) was thefirst Union general to be killed in the American Civil War and is noted for hisactions in the state of Missouri at the beginning of the conflict.Lyon was born on a farm in Ashford, Connecticut, son of Amasa and KeziaKnowlton Lyon. As a boy he hated farming. His relatives had fought in theAmerican Revolutionary War and he was determined to follow in their footsteps.In 1837 he applied to the United States Military Academy and graduated eleventhin his class of 52 cadets in 1841.
Upon graduating from West Point, Lyon was commissioned as a2nd lieutenant and assigned to the 2nd U.S. Infantry regiment after graduationand served with them in the Seminole Wars and the Mexican-American War. Despitedenouncing American involvement in the Mexican War, he was promoted to firstlieutenant for \"conspicuous bravery in capturing enemy artillery\" atthe Battle for Mexico City and received a brevet promotion to captain forContreras and Churubusco.
After the Mexican War, Lyon was then posted to the frontier,where he participated in the massacre of Pomo Native Americans at Clear Lake,California, the 1850 \"bloody Island Massacre\"; as many as 100 oldmen, women and children were killed.
(added from the Wikipedia Entry \"bloody Island Massacre\") In May 15, 1850, a 1st Dragoons Regiment of the UnitedStates Cavalry contingent under Nathaniel Lyon, then still a lieutenant, andLieutenant J. W. Davison tried to locate Augustine\'s band to punish them. Whenthey instead came upon a group of Pomo on Badon-napoti (later called bloodyIsland), they killed old men, women and children. The National Park Service hasestimated the army killed 60 of 400 Pomo; other accounts say 200 were killed.Most of the younger men were off in the mountains to the north, hunting.
After being reassigned to Fort Riley, Kansas, Lyon becamestaunchly antislavery. He did not support the radicalism of the abolitionists,and came to support the Republican Party while serving in the border wars knownas \"Bleeding Kansas.\" In January 1861, he wrote about the secessioncrisis, \"It is no longer useful to appeal to reason, but to thesword.\"
In February 1861, Lyon was made commander of the Unionarsenal in St. Louis, Missouri, where tensions grew between the Union soldiersstationed there and the secessionist governor of the state, Claiborne Jackson.When the Civil War broke out, Jackson refused to send volunteers from the stateto fight for Abraham Lincoln. Instead, Jackson had the militia muster outsidethe city to begin training in preparation to join Confederate forces. On May10, 1861, Lyon and his troops surrounded the pro-Confederate Missouri militiaunder General D. M. Frost, and forced its surrender. While marching hiscaptured prisoners through St. Louis, citizens began to riot, leading to theCamp Jackson Affair. Lyon ordered his troops to fire into the rioters. On May17, Lyon was promoted to brigadier general and was given command of Uniontroops in Missouri. He then led his troops into a series of skirmishes with theMissouri State Guard and Confederate Army.
On August 10, 1861 the Union forces were defeated by acombined force of the Missouri Militia and Confederate troops under the commandof Benjamin McCulloch and Sterling Price near Springfield, Missouri, at TheBattle of Wilson’s Creek. Lyon was killed while trying to rally his outnumberedsoldiers. However, Lyon’s efforts prevented the State of Missouri from joiningthe Confederacy.
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