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    Nathaniel Lyon (July 14, 1818 – August 10, 1861) was a United States Army officer who was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War...
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  • English footballer Nathaniel Lubell (1916–2006), American Olympic fencer Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), U.S. Army general Nathaniel Macon (1757–1837), former...
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    Sterling Price approached Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon's Army of the West, camped at Springfield. On August 10, Lyon, in two columns commanded by himself...
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  • Nathaniel Lyon Gardner (February 26, 1864 – August 15, 1937), was an American phycologist and mycologist who taught at the University of California, Berkeley...
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    The newly appointed Union commander in Missouri, Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, had learned that the ostensibly-neutral state militia training in Camp...
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    instrumental in appointing Nathaniel Lyon as the new military commander of the Western Department of the U.S. Army. He assisted Lyon in securing help of the...
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    Nathaniel Lyon, who moved to the base of the mountain that also bears his name in 1803 and died circa 1850. Lyon was a relative of General Nathaniel Lyon...
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    was 11,934. The county seat is Rock Rapids. Lyon County is named in honor of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, who served in the Mexican–American War and...
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    census, the county population was 32,179. The county was named for Nathaniel Lyon, a general who was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek during the...
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    Statistical Area. Lyon County was one of the nine original counties created on November 25, 1861. It was named after Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union General...
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    Sir Joseph Nathaniel Lyons DL (29 December 1847 – 22 June 1917) was an English entrepreneur and pioneer of mass catering. He was the chairman and co-founder...
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    included a sub-post, Fort Lyon, on Cow Island, just north of Great Diamond Island. Fort Lyon was named for Nathaniel Lyon. Both forts were part of the...
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    Louis arsenal's contents were transferred to Illinois by Union Captain Nathaniel Lyon, an act that helped fuel tension between secessionists and those citizens...
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  • Lyon Creek is a stream in Geary, Dickinson and Marion counties, Kansas, in the United States. Lyon Creek was named in the 1850s for Capt. Nathaniel Lyon...
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    also used. A post office called Fort Lyon was established in 1862. The community was named after Nathaniel Lyon, an officer in the American Civil War...
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    renamed USS De Soto, and then USS General Lyon, after Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon. The steamer was put into service by the Union Navy as a storeship and...
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    cannon. But Jackson's scheme was defeated by the prompt actions of Cap. Nathaniel Lyon, who attacked and scattered Jackson's “State Guard” at Camp Jackson...
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  • recognized "the gallant and patriotic services of the late Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, and the officers and soldiers under his command at the Battle of Wilson's...
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    McCulloch and Sterling Price defeated a smaller Union army commanded by Nathaniel Lyon. However, the Confederates were unable to hold much of Missouri, and...
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  • contingent from the 1st Dragoons Regiment of the United States Cavalry under Nathaniel Lyon, then still a lieutenant, and Lieutenant J. W. Davidson tried to locate...
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    the state militia, it was attacked by federal forces under General Nathaniel Lyon, who chased the governor and the rest of the State Guard to the southwestern...
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    The county seat was designated as Marshall. The county was named for Nathaniel Lyon, an Army officer who served in the Dakota and Minnesota territories...
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    was temporarily thwarted by an energetic young officer, Captain Nathaniel Lyon. Lyon allied himself with Missouri Congressman Frank Blair and anti-slavery...
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    Virginia's secession from the Union, it was renamed Fort Lyon in 1862 for Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, who had been the first Union general killed in the...
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    United States. 4,452 10,635 sq mi (27,545 km2) Lyon County 019 Yerington 1861 Original General Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), who was killed in action at the...
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  • James Frederick Lyon (1775–1842), British Army lieutenant general LeRoy Springs Lyon (1866–1920), U.S. Army major general Nathaniel Lyon (1818–1861), Union...
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    Confederates. Frémont had to contend with a hard-driving Union General Nathaniel Lyon, whose irregular war policy disturbed the complex loyalties of Missouri...
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    Georgist Bud Fowler, first professional African American baseball player Nathaniel Lyon Gardner, botanist, born in Keokuk Jerry Harrington, baseball player...
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    Troops, defeated a smaller Union force under Nathaniel Lyon at Wilson's Creek on August 10, killing Lyon and driving back his army. Price, with 10,000...
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  • George H. Lanning. It is said that he was working as a clerk for General Nathaniel Lyon at the Battle of Wilson's Creek. In 1863, he was promoted to captain...
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