Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Carte-de-Visite |
Title |
Nathaniel Lyon |
Catalog Number |
FIC2009.02188 |
Description |
Cdv studio portrait of a man, standing, full length from ankles up, turned and looking to viewer's right; hair combed back; beard, moustache; wearing single-breasted uniform frock-coat, buttoned almost to top, with epaulttes, holding sword at side with right hand, holding slouch hat at waist in left hand, drape and pillar just visible on right, painted backdrop?, patterned floor; printed on reverse, "Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, N. Y."; |
Studio |
E. Anthony |
Event |
Battle of Wilson's Creek / Oak Hills |
Owner Regiment |
Regiment unknown |
Provenance |
Union General Nathaniel Lyon was killed in the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Lyon was wounded twice in the fighting; shot in the head and leg, and his horse shot from under him. He returned to Union lines and commandeered a bay horse ridden by Maj. E.L. McElhaney of the Missouri Infantry. Lyon, badly outnumbered by Confederate forces, then dramatically led a countercharge of the 2nd Kansas Infantry on Bloody Hill, where he was shot in the heart at about 9:30 am. Although the Union Army was defeated at Wilson's Creek, Lyon's quick action neutralized the effectiveness of pro-Southern forces in Missouri, allowing Union forces to secure the state. |
People |
Lyon, Nathaniel |
Search Terms |
United States Army United States Military Academy, West Point, New York Union Army Battle of Wilson's Creek / Oak Hills Camp Jackson Affair |
Subjects |
Soldiers Officers, Military Civil War, U.S. Photography Photographs Cartes de visite |