Wilson's Creek

10th August 1861: US Civil War 1861-65. Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, mortally wounded by Confederate rifle fire during the Battle at Wilson's Creek, Missouri. Failing to break the Union line in three attacks, Brigadier General Ben McCulloch withdrew his forces, achieved a tactical victory and Confederate control of southwest Missouri, while Union Major Sturgis, replacing Lyon, ordered a retreat to Springfield. An 1893 color illustration. (Photo by Stock Montage/Stock Montage/Getty Images)
10th August 1861: US Civil War 1861-65. Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, mortally wounded by Confederate rifle fire during the Battle at Wilson's Creek, Missouri. Failing to break the Union line in three attacks, Brigadier General Ben McCulloch withdrew his forces, achieved a tactical victory and Confederate control of southwest Missouri, while Union Major Sturgis, replacing Lyon, ordered a retreat to Springfield. An 1893 color illustration. (Photo by Stock Montage/Stock Montage/Getty Images)
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August 10, 1861
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