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Jun 20, 2024 · This is the nucleus of the military force of 6,000 volunteers, who, under the command of the gallant Captain [Nathaniel] Lyon, surrounded the armed traitors under General Frost, and crushed out effectually the only secession organization from which any real danger was to be apprehended in Missouri.
Jun 20, 2024 · Lyon left about 1,000 men behind to guard his supplies, the Union commander led 5,400 soldiers out of Springfield that night. Lyon's plan called for 1,200 men under Sigel to swing wide to the south, flanking the Confederate right, while the main body of troops struck from the north.
Jun 20, 2024 · Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon led a Union force of 5,400 men against 12,000 Confederate and Missouri State Guard soldiers under Generals Benjamin McCulloch and Sterling Price. Though outnumbered 2-1, General Lyon planned a surprise attack on Confederate forces in the early morning hours.
Jun 14, 2024 · Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park, Eastford Connecticut. Summary [edit] Description: English: Nathaniel Lyon Memorial State Park, Eastford Connecticut. Date: 13 June ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Western Reserve Chronicle, Warren, OH General Nathaniel Lyon, who makes such a stirring time in Missouri, attracts so much attention that our readers may...
1 day ago · Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [b] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war.
6 days ago · Schofield became a major in a Missouri volunteer regiment and served as Chief of Staff to Major Gen. Nathaniel Lyon. In August 1861, He led with "conspicuous gallantry" at Wilson's Creek, and would later be awarded the Medal of Honor. Lyon was killed in the battle.
