The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-09-07
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GENERAL LYON.

Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon was tbs
son OF Amasa Lyon. of Ashford. Windham
county, Connecticut. His grandfather was
Colonel OF distinction in the revolutionary
army. de was born at Ashford in 1919.
lie entered the Military Academy at West
Point In 1887 aud graduated with distiuc-
ton IN i84l. On graduating he received
his commission rs Lieutenant in the army,
and was at once ordered to join the army
IN Florida then operating against the Iudi-
ans. Alter uncomplainingly passing through
that most dlsagreeable campaign among the
everglades of Florida, he was stationed for
some years at various posts on our West
ern frontier. Soon after the commence
ment OF hostiiities between the United States
and Mexico he was ordered to Join General
Taylor, and after reaching Monterey ac-
companied the expedition against Vera
Cruz. In the bombardment and capture of
Vera Cruz, and the severely contested bat
ties of Contreas, Cherubusco and others
which occurred between that place aud the
city of Mexico, his activity and military
skill found full play. He took an active
part in each and all of them, ard while fight
ing in the streets of the City of Mexico.
near the Belen gate, on September IS. 1847,
received a wound from a musket ball. Al
ter the conclusion Of peace with Mexico. he
was ordered to Jefferson Barracks, Nilsson
ri, for contemplated march overland to
California. BY a change of orders from
the War Department his regiment was dis.
patched by ship via Cape Horn, and reach
ed California soon after its acquisition by
the United States. His stay in California
was prolonged beyond that of most of his
fellow officers, and his time Increasingly
employed in operating among the Indians,
subjected to long and tedious marches, con.
slant alarms and frequent skirmishes, liv-
ing large portion of the time in tents. and
subject to the fatigues and privations Incl
dent to q campaign in that new and hither-
to unknown country. so far removed from
the comforts of civilization. After being
relieved from his long service in California,
he was again stationed on our Western from
tier, serving most of his time in Kansas
and Nebraska. During the trouble 1856,
the free State men of Kansas found a warm
friend and sympathizer in Captain Lyon,
notwithstanding his political sympathies
the Administration. He was then stationed
at Fort Leavenworth, under Col. Sumner.
but was subsequently, removed TO the Saint
l hOulS nIoCudIS LILO VI bhO
present war found him. His mastery cap
ture of the rebel camp at st. Louis and his
latter victory over Claib. Jackson at Boon
vile, are too fresh in the public mind to
need recapitulation. He had been acting in
that capacity previously, by the election OF
the Missouri volunteers.
In person Gen. Lyon was below the me-
dunn height. and in manner singularly
modest and unassuming. His whole soul
was in the war for the Union, and it mat
tered not 10 him whether his own rank in
the army was high or low. His public let
ters and dispatches have been widely no
ticed for their brevity, conciseness, elegance
of language. His note demanding the SUI
render of Camp Jackson will be long re-
membered as a model of military diction.
In his death the Union has lost one of its
bravest and most accomplished defenders:
the soldiers have lost commander in whom
they Lad the most implicit confidence; and
the country feels that one Of her truest
hearts has ceased to beat Chicago Tribune.