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Tag Archives: Wilson’s Creek
“The Daylight of Deliverance” – Nathaniel Lyon Responds to the 1860 Election Results
Two months after the death of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon at Wilson’s Creek, The Last Political Writings of Gen. Nathaniel Lyon was published. Utilizing many of Lyon’s political articles and letters he wrote while in Kansas to The Manhattan Express, this remarkable source … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Politics, Primary Sources
Tagged Kansas, Missouri, Nathaniel Lyon, politics, secession, Union Army, unionism, Wilson's Creek
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Fallen Leaders: Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, Part I
Part one of two As the first Federal general officer to be killed-in-action in the American Civil War, Nathaniel Lyon was a man who devoted his life to country, duty, and discipline. To some, he was a crazed Unionist, sadist, … Continue reading
2018 Year in Review: #8
As we continue to count down the ten most-read posts from 2018, we head to the Trans-Mississippi Theater: #8 Sherman’s Visit to the Wilson’s Creek Battlefield in 1885 by Kristen Pawlak (Sept. 5, 2018) In 1885, William T. Sherman “desired … Continue reading
Posted in Year in Review
Tagged Kristen Pawlak, William T. Sherman, Wilson's Creek, Year in Review 2018
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Captain John Hanson McNeill and the McNeill Rangers: Rebel Strike Force Supreme
Today, we are pleased to welcome guest author Richard Chapman When discussing great Confederate independent cavalry raiders in the Civil War, it seems that they have three parts to their name: General John Hunt Morgan, Colonel John Singleton Mosby, and … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Campaigns, Cavalry, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Benjamin Kelley, George Crook, Grumble Jones, Jessie McNeil, john hunt morgan, John Imboden, John McNeil, John Mosby, Libby Prison, McNeill's Rangers, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Richard S. Ewell, Robert E. Lee, Wilson's Creek
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