HE WAS THE FIRST UNION GENERAL KILLED IN THE CIVIL WAR! #shorts

At the Battle Of Wilson's Creek on August 10th, 1861, Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon was shot through the heart while attempted a counterattack. He was the Union's first General killed in in the very young war.

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