Lyon, Frederick A.

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 19, credited to Burlington, VT Unit(s): 1st VT CAV Service: enl 12/31/62, m/i 2/9/63, PVT, Co. A, 1st VT CAV, pr CPL 7/1/64, pr SGT 11/1/64, tr to Co. B 6/21/65, m/o 8/9/65 (Medal of Honor) See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: 07/25/1843, Williamsburg, MA Death: 09/23/1911 Burial: Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, MI Marker/Plot: GAR Lot Gravestone researcher/photographer: Heidi McColgan Findagrave Memorial #: 7938123 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (State digraphs will show that this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldier's home) Remarks: None DESCENDANTS (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, MI Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

This soldier was awarded the Medal of Honor

Frederick A. Lyon

Rank and Organization: Corporal, Co. A, 1st Vermont Cavalry.
Place and date: Cedar Creek, VA, 19 Oct 1864.
Entered service at: Burlington.
Born: 25 Jul 1843, Williamsburg, MA
Died: 23 Sep 1911, Jackson,MI
Buried: Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, MI
Date of Issue: 26 Nov 1864.
Citation: With 1 companion, captured the flag of a Confederate regiment, 3 officers, and an ambulance with its mules and driver.

Obituary

The Daily Review (Decatur, IL)

Tuesday - 26 Sep 1911

Civil War Hero Found Dead

Jackson, Mich., Sept. 26 - Fred A. Lyon, corporal in Co. A, First Vermont cavalry, in the civil war, was found dead in a rooming house here yesterday.

Lyon possessed a silver medal voted him by congress and presented to him at the White House by President Abraham Lincoln, for heroism at the battle of Cedar Creek, where he captured Major General Ramseur of the confederate army.

Contributed by Erik Hinckley.

See also: Beyer and Keydel, 447.

NARA File Number: R&P 506308.

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