THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 10
August 10 in history
What happened on August 10: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1861, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Wilson’s Creek
10 Aug 1861 — Nathaniel Lyon, the first Union general to die in the war, is killed keeping Missouri from secession. The state stays — at the price of four years of guerrilla war: the hatched belt on your map.
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