Talk:Nathaniel Lyon

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[edit] Initial Revisions

There are several probably unintential errors in the timeline and description of events, that I am addressing with edits. The O.R. contains relevant correspondence between Jackson and Davis confirming the origin of the artillery at Camp Jackson, and the actual artillery was captured. Several books also give more detailed and accurate accounts of casualties in the ensuing riot.

We need verification of how the provisional government was intalled. I don't believe this was done by Lyon as stated. He might have called the existing elected State Convention together, but wasn't it they who created the new provisional govt.?

I'm also not sure if Lyon removed Knott, the wiki page about Knott suggests otherwise in its wording. I'm leaving it as written before me. Red Harvest (talk) 03:31, 6 December 2007 (UTC)