Confederate Brigadier General Lewis Henry Little, a native of Maryland born in 1817, was the son of a longtime U.S. congressman and a former U.S. Army officer. As a Confederate general, he was given command of Missouri troops and headed a division during the Battle of Iuka on September 19, 1862. At 5:45 pm, Little was shot and killed instantly while conversing with Gen. Sterling Price. He was temporarily buried in Iuka, and his remains were later moved to Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore.