Nathaniel Lyon
Officer
Nathaniel Lyon was a United States Army officer who was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War. He is noted for his actions in Missouri in 1861, at the beginning of the conflict, to forestall secret secessionist plans of... Wikipedia
Born: July 14, 1818, Ashford, CT
Died: August 10, 1861 (age 43 years), Battlefield, MO
Battles/wars: Seminole Wars; Bloody Island Massacre; Bleeding Kansas;