Lyon, who attended The University of VA in 1847-48 after leaving R-MC, was a druggist and tobacconist in Petersburg, VA prior to the war. He enlisted as a private in Co. B of the 12th VA Infantry on March 22, 1862. His older brother John was captain of the company. He was detailed as a hospital steward in April 1862 and was discharged from the 12th VA and promoted to hospital steward in July 1862. He was recommended to be assigned to the commissary department and at some point promoted to corporal. He was paroled in May of 1865 in Greensboro, NC and his parole labels him as "bonded agent" for the Confederate Nitre and Mining Bureau.
Lyon moved to Brooklyn, NY after the war, where he was engaged in the tobacco trade and in manufacturing. He was retired by 1910 and still residing in Booklyn.
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