NATHANIEL See also:

• LYON, MARY MASON (1797-1849)
• NATHANIEL LYON (1818-1861)

LYON (1818-1861)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• ASHFORD

Ashford, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the 14th of See also:

• JULY

July 1818, and graduated at See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Point in 1841 . He was engaged in the See also:

• SEMINOLE
• SEMINOLE (properly Simanoli, " renegade," " runaway," in allusion to their secession from the Creek confederacy)

Seminole See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War and the war with See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, won the See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain for his gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco, and was wounded in the See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault on the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Mexico . In 185o, while serving in See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, he See also:

• CON

con-ducted a successful expedition against the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians . He was promoted captain in 1851, and two years later was ordered to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, when he became an ardent opponent of " States' Rights " and See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery . He was stationed in See also:

• KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas and in See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri on the See also:

• EVE

eve of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War . In Missouri not only was sentiment divided, but the two factions were eager to resort to force See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before they were in the other border states . See also:

• LYON, MARY MASON (1797-1849)
• LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-1861)

Lyon took an active See also:

• PART

part in organizing the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union party in Missouri, though greatly hampered, at first by the Federal See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government which feared to provoke hostilities, and afterwards by the military See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General W . S . Harney . On Harney's removal in See also:

• APRIL

April 1861, Lyon promptly assumed the command, called upon See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois to send him troops, and mustered the Missouri contingent into the See also:

• UNITED

United States' service . He See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke up the See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp at St See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis established by the secessionist See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Missouri, Claiborne F . See also:

• JACKSON
• JACKSON, ANDREW (1767-1845)
• JACKSON, CYRIL (1746-1819)
• JACKSON, FREDERICK GEORGE (186o– )
• JACKSON, HELEN MARIA (1831–1885)
• JACKSON, MASON (c. 1820-1903)
• JACKSON, THOMAS (1579-1640)
• JACKSON, THOMAS JONATHAN (1824-1863)
• JACKSON, WILLIAM (1730-1803)

Jackson, and but for the See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express See also:

• PROHIBITION (Lat. prohibere, to prevent)

prohibition of Harney, who had resumed the command, would have proceeded at once to active hostilities .

In all this Lyon had co-operated closely with See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis P . See also:

• BLAIR, FRANCIS PRESTON (1791–1876)
• BLAIR, HUGH (1718-1800)
• BLAIR, JAMES (1656`1743)
• BLAIR, ROBERT (1699—1746)

Blair, Jr., who now obtained from See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln the definitive removal of Harney and the See also:

• ASSIGNMENT, ASSIGNATION, ASSIGNEE

assignment of Lyon to command the Department of the West, with the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of brigadier-general . On Lyon's refusal to accede to the Secessionists' proposal that the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state should be neutral, hostilities opened in See also:

• EARNEST (probably a corruption of the obsolete arles or erles, adapted from Lat. equivalent arrha, due to a confusion with the adjective " earnest," serious, O. Eng. eornust, cognate with Ger. ernst)

earnest, and Lyon, having cleared Missouri of small hostile bands in the central part of the state, turned to the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern districts, where a Confederate See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army was advancing from the See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas border . The two forces came to See also:

• ACTION

action at See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson's See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek on the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1861 . The Union forces, heavily outnumbered, were defeated, and Lyon himself was killed while striving to rally his troops . He bequeathed almost all he possessed, some $30,000, to the war funds of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national government . See A . See also:

• WOODWARD, JOHN
• WOODWARD, SAMUEL (179o-1838)

Woodward, Memoir of General Nathaniel Lyon (See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford, 1862) ; See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• PECKHAM, JOHN (d. 1292)

Peckham, See also:

• LIFE

Life of Lyon (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1866) ; and T . L . Snead, The Fight for Missouri (New York, 1886) . Also Last See also:

• POLITICAL

Political Writings of General Nathaniel Lyon (New York, 1862) .