Hylan B. Lyon
Military Person
1836 – 1907
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Who was Hylan B. Lyon?
Hylan Benton Lyon was a career officer in the United States Army until the start of the American Civil War, when he resigned rather than fight against the South. As a Confederate brigadier general, he led a daring cavalry raid into Kentucky in December 1864, in which his troops burned seven county courthouses which were being used as barracks by the Union Army.
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1836
Lyon County - Also known as
- Hylan Lyon
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Died
- Apr 25, 1907
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on July 23, 2013
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