After the war, Joseph Lyman studied law and commenced practice in Council Bluffs, a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa; then initially served as deputy collector of internal revenue of the fifth district of Iowa from 1867 to 1870.
Joseph Lyman (September 13, 1840  July 9, 1890) was a Civil War soldier, lawyer, and judge. After the war, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and commenced practice in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Council Bluffs is a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. He initially served as deputy collector of internal revenue of the fifth district of Iowa, from 1867 to 1870. 
