Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, U.S. Army, engraving by Adam B. Walter, Philadelphia, circa 1860s to 1870s.
General Lyon was the commander of the federal forces at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, where he was killed in action on 10 August 1861, being the first death in combat of a Union general during the American Civil War. The engraving here is based on an 1861 photograph or painting of Lyon.
Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, D.C.
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