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NATHANIEL LYON: (1818 - 1861) Union brigadier general who met with Confederate representatives an...

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NATHANIEL LYON: (1818 - 1861) Union brigadier general who met with Confederate representatives an...
NATHANIEL LYON: (1818 - 1861) Union brigadier general who met with Confederate representatives and declared "This means war", he later put down the pro-Confederate Missouri militia and faced Ben McCulloch at Wilson's Creek where he was killed in action. A.L.S. "N. Lyon" as captain in the 2nd United States Infantry, 1p., 4to., Fort Randall, N.T. [Nebraska Territory], Dec. 31, 1858 to Chief of Ordnance of the U. S. Army, Col. Henry K. Craig concerning a quarterly report and a dispute over supplies sent to the St. Louis Arsenal, in part: "...I respectfully transmit the quarterly return of ordnance...pertaining to Company B...I also enclosed an affidavit showing that the 1000 blank cartridges invoiced to Maj. Bell at the St. Louis Arsenal, and which he has not receipted...were turned over by me to the Qr. Mr. at this post for the purpose of transfer to that place...". Interestingly, Lyon was placed in charge of the arsenal in February 1861, and when hostilities broke out in the state he became one of the staunchest Union officers in the state. As tensions mounted between Federal troops and the public in the spring, Lyon marched on and disbanded a large contingent of disloyal citizens who planned to attack and seize the arsenal for the South squelching the threat by mid May. On May 25, 1861, Major William Bell, a Southerner by birth, resigned his commission and returned to his home state. Minor toning at folds with one slight separation affecting nothing, else very good. $700-900