This monument is located in the north corner of Lyon Park across from the Budweiser Brewery, at Broadway Boulevard and Arsenal Street. In the late 1930s, the monument was relocated to Lyon Park from its former site at Grand and West Pine Boulevards.
This monument consists of a large statue of General Nathaniel Lyon mounted on his horse. The plaque on the base of the monument reads:
The Strength of our Nation
is the Union of States
To Commemorate
The capture of Camp Jackson
May 10 1861
By
General Nathaniel Lyon
and
The Missouri Volunteers:
First Regiment Infantry - Colonel Frank Blair,
Second Regiment Infantry - Colonel Henry Bernsyein,
Third Regiment Infantry - Colonel Franz Sigel,
Fourth Regiment Infantry - Colonel Nicholas Schuettner,
First Reg US Reserve Corps - Col Henry Almstedt,
Second Reg US Reserve Corps - Col Henry Kallman,
Third Reg US Reserve Corps - Col John Mcneil,
Fourth Reg US Reserve Corps - Col B Gratz Brown,
Fifth Reg US Reserve Corps - Col Charles G. Stifel,
Erected 1929 by the Camp Jackson Union Soldiers
Monument Association -
Rev Frank G Beardsley - Ph D D TD - President,
Albert Von Hoffman - Treasurer,
Theo H Mohr - Secretary,
Major Leo Rassieur - Honorary President,
Mrs Jessie Sherman - First Vice President,
Mrs Mary E Conpath - Second Vice President,
Mrs Nellie Becktold - Fourth Vice President,
John W. Lanley - Fifth Vice President,
Mrs M Neubauer - Asst Treasurer
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