Blind Mad or Foolish: Nathaniel Lyon, Part II
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» Wrap10 - Re: Nathanial Lyon and Miss Tott
In response to message posted by Manassas1:Good grief. With Lyon's fiery temper who would want to marry him!!! I wonder if Miss Tott ever married after their brief romance or if she likewise decided not to marry!
I think she married some guy named Tater.
Actually I have no idea. As for Lyon, he seems to have fancied himself something of a ladies man, but from what his biographer says the ladies apparently didn't share the opinion. Or at least the ladies in Kansas didn't.
Something I didn't mention in the article and probably should have, is that the exact reason for his decision not to marry is apparently not completely clear, according to Phillips. Along with a failed romance another possible reason, or perhaps the reason, was that he didn't think that marriage and the military would be a good mix. Guess it's hard to say for sure.
-- posted by Wrap10
» spondulix - Re: Re: Nathanial Lyon and Miss Tott
In response to message posted by Wrap10:
Just a thought I might throw out! we might be castigating Lyon's fiery temper a bit to quickly, at least where the fairer sex is concerned. During the victorian period there was defenently two standards for polite society. Women and men would almost never have engaged in casual conversation outside of arranged circumstances, such as balls, and at those given times especially if it was a formal occasion custom and edicate would have been rather strictly enforced. So I do wonder if it might not be the case with Lyon that he could demonstrate a different character while in the presence of the ladies than he was accustomed to use when among men.
Also Lyon's fiery temper, might not be looked upon as such a negative atrobute to have, as long as it wasn't engaged in while ladies were present.
My limited knowlede of victorian practices are primarrly those of the south, I am not at all sure if the northern standard were identical. Would welcome any feedback on this.
Curtis
-- posted by spondulix
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