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  • Edward Canby
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  • Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (November 9, 1817 – April 11, 1873) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War, Reconstruction era, and the Indian Wars. He was the only United States general to be killed during the later wars, and he died when assassinated at a peace talk with the Modoc in Northern California.
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  • 1839
Birth Date
  • 1817-11-09
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  • near Tule Lake, California
Name
  • Edward Richard Sprigg Canby
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  • Major General E. R. S. Canby
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  • Place of burial
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death date
  • 1873-04-11
Rank
  • 35
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Battles
  • Indian Wars
  • Indian Wars
  • *Battle of Contreras *Battle of Churubusco *Battle of Mexico City Utah War
  • *Modoc War
  • *Navajo War of 1860 American Civil War
  • *Second Seminole War Mexican-American War
  • *Battle of Valverde *Battle of Peralta *Battle of Spanish Fort *Battle of Fort Blakely Indian Wars
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  • Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (November 9, 1817 – April 11, 1873) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War, Reconstruction era, and the Indian Wars. He was the only United States general to be killed during the later wars, and he died when assassinated at a peace talk with the Modoc in Northern California.
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