The first Union general to die in Civil War combat was killed during this battle.
Carrick’s Ford, VA
Wilson’s Creek, MO
Mill Springs, KY
Ft. Donelson, TN
Wilson’s Creek in Missouri. The luckless general was Nathaniel Lyon, a native of Connecticut and member of the West Point Class of 1841. He previously served in the Seminole Wars, the Mexican War, and saw frontier service in "bleeding Kansas."