So many accounts of this occurrence have been given, that I am not fully satisfied which is the correct one.

I know at least half a dozen individuals in whose arms General Lyon expired, and think there are as many more who claim that sad honor.

There is a similar mystery concerning his last words, a dozen versions having been given by persons who claim to have heard them.

It is my belief that General Lyon was killed while reconnoitering the enemy's line and directing the advance of a regiment of infantry.

I believe he was on foot at the instant, and was caught, as he fell, in the arms of "Lehman," his orderly.