★ ★ Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg

Edward Richard Sprigg Canby​

Born: November 9, 1817

Birthplace: Piatt's Landing, Kentucky

Father: Israel T. Canby 1779 – 1846

Mother: Elizabeth Piatt 1784 – 1822

Wife: Louisa Hawkins 1818 – 1889

(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)​

Married: August 1, 1839 in Crawfordsville, Indiana

Education:

1839: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (30th​ in class)​

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Occupation before War:

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1839 – 1846: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Infantry Regiment​

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1845 – 1846: Recruiter for United States Army Infantry​

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1846 – 1851: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Infantry Regiment​

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1846 – 1847: Adjutant for United States Army 2nd​ Infantry Regiment​

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1847 – 1855: Brevet Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, U.S. Army​

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1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry Battles Contreras & Churchbusco​

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1847 – 1848: Assistant Adjutant General on General Riley's Staff​

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1849 – 1851: Assistant Adjutant General for U.S. Army, Pacific Division​

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1851 – 1855: Assistant Adjutant in Adjutant General's Department​

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1855 – 1861: Major United States Army, 10th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1860 – 1861: Commander of Navajo Expedition​

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Civil War Career:

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1861 – 1866: Colonel of United States Army, 19th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Commander of U.S. Army, Department of New Mexico​

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1862: Served in the Defenses of Fort Craig, New Mexico Territory​

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1862: Army Commander at Battle of Valverde, New Mexico Territory​

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1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers Infantry​

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1862: Army Commander at Battle of Peralta, New Mexico Territory​

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1862 – 1863: Commander of Draft Rendezvous in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania​

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1863 – 1864: On Special Duty for United States War Department​

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1863: Commander of City and Harbor to put down New York Riots​

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1864 – 1866: Major General of Union Army Volunteers, Infantry​

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1864 – 1865: Commander of Military Division of West Mississippi​

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1864: Wounded by confederate guerrillas at White River, Arkansas​

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1865: Commander of Union Army Forces Mobile, Alabama Campaign​

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1865: Commander for the Capture of Spanish Fort & Fort Blakeley​

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1865: Brevetted Brig. General for Gallantry at Battle of Valverde, New Mexico​

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1865: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry Capture of Mobile Forts​

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1865: Received the Surrender of Lt. General Richard Taylor's Forces​

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1865: Receiver the Surrender of Trans – Mississippi Department​

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1865: Commander of the U.S. Army, Department of the Gulf​

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1865 – 1866: Commander of the U.S. Army, Department of Louisiana​

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1866 – 1873: Brigadier General in the United States Army​

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1866 – 1867: Commander of the U.S. Army, Dept. of Washington​

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1866: Mustered out of Volunteer Service on September 1st​​

Occupation after War:

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1866 – 1873: Brigadier General in the United States Army​

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1866 – 1867: Commander of the U.S. Army, Dept. of Washington​

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1866 – 1867: President of Commission Decision of Claims War Dept.​

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1866 – 1867: Member of Committee to prepare War Dept. Building​

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1867 – 1868: Commander of U.S. Army, Second Military District​

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1868 – 1869: Commander of U.S. Army, Fifth Military District​

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1869 – 1870: Commander of U.S. Army, Department of Virginia​

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1870 – 1873: Commander of U.S. Army, Department of Columbia​

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1873: Commander of United States Army, Division of the Pacific​

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1873: Killed by Modoc Native American Indians​

Died: April 11, 1873

Place of Death: Near Tule Lake, California

Cause of Death: Killed by Modoc Indians

Age at time of Death: 55 years old

Burial Place: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana

 

[Pollaco]

This man seemed to have a history involving Indians. Some of this pre-war activity includes the "Trail of Tears".

 

[Pollaco]

Quite an honor, He was the one who accepted the Surrender of both Richard Taylor and Edmund Kirby Smith.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Major General Edward R. S. Canby! Salutes remembering General Canby on his birthday.

 

[bayouace]

Killed by Captain Jack.

 

[Pollaco]

One of his assignments back East was "commanding general of the city and harbor of New York City" ,this came on July 17, 1863. So he was assigned this post just following the Draft Riots.According to one source He revived the draft and oversaw a POW camp in New York Harbor. Canby remained at this post until November 9th. He then went to work in the office of the Secretary of War. He called himself the "Assistant Adjutant General".

 

[farrargirl]

from a thread I did on Fort McDermott. Baldwin Times, 1939

 

[Pollaco]

The only general to be killed during the Indian Wars.

 

[Pollaco]

In the 1850s he served on a panel of Judges for the court martial of Captain Henry H.Sibley.Sibley was acquitted but on what charges?

 

[bayouace]

In the 1850s he served on a panel of Judges for the court martial of Captain Henry H.Sibley.Sibley was acquitted but on what charges?

Feud with his commander Phillip St. George Cooke in Utah on the Mormon Expedition.

 

[Sheltowee]

Edward Richard Sprigg Canby​

Born: November 9, 1817View attachment 334416

Birthplace: Piatt's Landing, Kentucky

Father: Israel T. Canby 1779 – 1846

Mother: Elizabeth Piatt 1784 – 1822

Wife: Louisa Hawkins 1818 – 1889

(Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana)​

Married: August 1, 1839 in Crawfordsville, Indiana

Education:

1839: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (30th​ in class)​

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Occupation before War:

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1839 – 1846: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Infantry Regiment​

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1845 – 1846: Recruiter for United States Army Infantry​

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1846 – 1851: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 2nd​ Infantry Regiment​

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1846 – 1847: Adjutant for United States Army 2nd​ Infantry Regiment​

​

1847 – 1855: Brevet Captain and Assistant Adjutant General, U.S. Army​

​

1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry Battles Contreras & Churchbusco​

​

1847 – 1848: Assistant Adjutant General on General Riley's Staff​

​

1849 – 1851: Assistant Adjutant General for U.S. Army, Pacific Division​

​

1851 – 1855: Assistant Adjutant in Adjutant General's Department​

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1855 – 1861: Major United States Army, 10th​ Infantry Regiment​

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1860 – 1861: Commander of Navajo Expedition​

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Civil War Career:

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1861 – 1866: Colonel of United States Army, 19th​ Infantry Regiment​

​

1861 – 1862: Commander of U.S. Army, Department of New Mexico​

​

1862: Served in the Defenses of Fort Craig, New Mexico Territory​

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1862: Army Commander at Battle of Valverde, New Mexico Territory​

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1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers Infantry​

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1862: Army Commander at Battle of Peralta, New Mexico Territory​

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1862 – 1863: Commander of Draft Rendezvous in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania​

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1863 – 1864: On Special Duty for United States War Department​

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1863: Commander of City and Harbor to put down New York Riots​

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1864 – 1866: Major General of Union Army Volunteers, Infantry​

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1864 – 1865: Commander of Military Division of West Mississippi​

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1864: Wounded by confederate guerrillas at White River, Arkansas​

​

1865: Commander of Union Army Forces Mobile, Alabama Campaign​

​

1865: Commander for the Capture of Spanish Fort & Fort Blakeley​

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1865: Brevetted Brig. General for Gallantry at Battle of Valverde, New Mexico​

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1865: Brevetted Major General for Gallantry Capture of Mobile Forts​

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1865: Received the Surrender of Lt. General Richard Taylor's Forces​

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1865: Receiver the Surrender of Trans – Mississippi Department​

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1865: Commander of the U.S. Army, Department of the Gulf​

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1865 – 1866: Commander of the U.S. Army, Department of Louisiana​

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1866 – 1873: Brigadier General in the United States Army​

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1866 – 1867: Commander of the U.S. Army, Dept. of Washington​

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1866: Mustered out of Volunteer Service on September 1st​​

Occupation after War:

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1866 – 1873: Brigadier General in the United States Army​

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1866 – 1867: Commander of the U.S. Army, Dept. of Washington​

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1866 – 1867: President of Commission Decision of Claims War Dept.​

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1866 – 1867: Member of Committee to prepare War Dept. Building​

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1867 – 1868: Commander of U.S. Army, Second Military District​

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1868 – 1869: Commander of U.S. Army, Fifth Military District​

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1869 – 1870: Commander of U.S. Army, Department of Virginia​

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1870 – 1873: Commander of U.S. Army, Department of Columbia​

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1873: Commander of United States Army, Division of the Pacific​

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1873: Killed by Modoc Native American Indians​

Died: April 11, 1873

Place of Death: Near Tule Lake, California

Cause of Death: Killed by Modoc Indians

Age at time of Death: 55 years old

Burial Place: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana

Interesting read- quite a career. Thank you

 

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Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, Major General (Union volunteers), was born. Edward Richard Sprigg Canby was born in Platt's Landing, Kentucky. He and his parents moved to Indiana, from which young Canby was appointed to West Point. Canby graduated in 1835, and served in the Seminole War. He later led major engagements in the Mexican War, and was brevetted twice for gallantry. When the Civil War began, Canby was fighting Native Americans a Fort Defiance, in New Mexico Territory. He was then appointed commander of the Department of New Mexico. Under Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley, Canby led efforts to repel Confederate attempts to invade the New Mexico Territory. He succeeded, with the help of Colorado volunteers, in defeating the Confederates at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, sometimes called the "Gettysburg of the West." Within a week of the battle, Canby was made a brigadier general. He served as assistant adjutant general in Washington, D.C. for two years, and commanded troops in New York City during the drafts riots of July 1863. On May 7, 1864, he was appointed a major general, leading the Military Division of West Mississippi. In 1865, he captured Mobile, Alabama, and accepted the surrender of the last Confederate army in the field in May of 1865. After the war, Canby was given the permanent rank of brigadier general. He was appointed commander of the Pacific Coast's Department of the Columbia in 1870. On April 11, 1873, while leading a peace mission in California, Canby was killed by Modoc Indians.

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Journal Article
Edward R. S. Canby, Modoc War, 1873
J. F. Santee
Oregon Historical Quarterly
Vol. 33, No. 1 (Mar., 1932), pp. 70-78
Oregon Historical Society

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20610699

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