CANBY, Edward Richard Sprigg
Affiliation:
Union
Born: November 9 1817, Platt's Landing KY
Died: April 11 1873, Siskiyou CA
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1839, fought Indians in Florida
and Arkansas, garrison duty, Mexican war, frontier duty
War Service: May 1861 Col. of 19th US Infantry, commanded Dept
of New Mexico, opposed Sibley's invasion, Valverde, March 1862 appointed
Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, staff duties in the East, May 1864 promoted Maj. Gen.
of Volunteers, commanded Division of West Mississippi, captured Mobile, accepted
the surrender of the forces of Taylor and Kirby Smith in May 1865
Post War: Army service, commanded Dept of the Columbia
and Division of the Pacific.