Saturday, August 10, 1861
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| Expedition to: | Benton, MO | August 7 - 10, 1861 | Operation: | Big Sandy Region, WV | August 1, 1861 - March 17, 1862 | Expedition to: | Commerce, MO | August 7 - 10, 1861 | Operation: | Fort Bliss, TX | August 1861 | Expedition to: | Hamburg, MO | August 7 - 12, 1861 | Battle: | Oak Hills, MO | August 10, 1861 | Skirmish: | Potosi, MO | August 10, 1861 | Expedition to: | Price's Landing, MO | August 7 - 10, 1861 | Scout: | Round Valley, CA | August 3 - 12, 1861 | Battle: | Springfield, MO | August 10, 1861 | Operation: | Tennessee River | July 1 - November 19, 1861 | Battle: | Wilson's Creek, MO | August 10, 1861 |
| Appointment: | Samuel Davis Sturgis, USA, to Brigadier General | Death: | Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, USA, is shot and dies on the battlefield leading his troops during the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri. Brigadier General Samuel Davis Sturgis, USA, assumes his command in the field. |
(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer; The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)
Additional Information:
The Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri. (MO004) (Operations to Control Missouri [June-October 1861]).
(Source: Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report: Battle Summaries. National Park Service. In The Civil War Battlefield Guide, 2nd ed., 1998. Edited by Frances H. Kennedy.)