Edward Richard Sprigg Canby was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. He served as a military governor after the war.
HEADQUARTERS TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT, Shreveport, January 7, 1805. Maj. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding U. S. Forces, &c., New Orleans, La.: GENERAL: I have directed Major Szymanski, ©. S. agent…
HEADQUARTERS FORT FILLMORE, NEW MEXICO, June 16, 1861. June 16, 1861. ACTING ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, ; Headquarters Department New Mexico, Santa Fé, N. Mex. : SIR: I have the honor to…
FonT FILLMORE, N. MEX. FonT FILLMORE, N. MEX., July 7, 1861. Col. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding Department, Santa Fé, N. Mex. : COLONEL: Ireceived your dispatehes yesterday by Lieutenant…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Stanton, August 2, 1861. COLONEL : By Corporal Hughes, of B Co., Mounted Riflemen, I have received information of the surrender of the entire command of Mayor Lynde…
Fort UNION DEPOT Fort UNION DEPOT, August 15, 1861. Col. E. R. S. CANBY, 19th Inf., Comdg. U. S. Troops in New Mexico, Hdqrs. Santa Fé : SIR: I have…
Denver Denver, October 26, 1861. Col. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding Department of New Mexico: COLONEL: Accept my thanks for dispatches by express messenger (from Fort Garland), bearing date of…
Fort Yuma, Cal. Fort Yuma, Cal., May 3, 1862. Col. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding Department of New Mexico: COLONEL: Having no means of getting reliable information from you except…
Fort Yuma, Cal. Fort Yuma, Cal., May 3, 1862. Col. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding Department of New Mexico: COLONEL: Having no means of getting reliable information from you except…
Fort Yuma, Cal. Fort Yuma, Cal., May 3, 1862. Col. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding Department of New Mexico: COLONEL: Having no means of getting reliable information from you except…
Tucson, Ariz. Tucson, Ariz., June 11, 1862. General E. R. S. CANBY, U. S. Army, Commanding U. S. Forces in New Mexico: GENERAL: I had the honor to write you…
ORDERS, 1 HEADQUARTERS, June 13, 1862. No. 110. § Fort Walla Walla, June 13, 1862. Capt. E. J. Harding, First Cavalry Oregon Volunteers, will take four non-commissioned officers and seventeen…
Tucson, Arig. Tucson, Arig., June 15, 1862. Brig. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, U. S. Army, ee > Comdg. Department of New Mexico, Fort Craig, N. Mex.: GENERAL: I have…
Three and a half Miles above Fort Thorn Three and a half Miles above Fort Thorn, August 8, 1862. Brig. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, GENERAL: Before arriving at Cooke’s…
Three and a half Miles above Fort Thorn Three and a half Miles above Fort Thorn, August 8, 1862. Brig. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, Comdy. Department of New Mexico,…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ARIZONA, Las Oruces, N. Mex., August 15, 1862. Brig. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding Department of New Mexico, Santa Fé, N. Mex.: GENERAL: I wrote to…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, September 6, 1864. Major-General CANBY, New Orleans: GENERAL: Lieutenant-General Grant directs that all the sick and detailed men of the part of the Nineteenth Corps…
Mr. Seward to Major General Canby Department of State, Washington, September 30, 1864. Sir: Unofficial newspaper statements concerning the alleged entrance of the Mexican General Cortinas, with an armed force,…
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS, Washington, D. O., January 5, 1865. Maj. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, GENERAL: I have the honor to inform you that the necessary orders have been…