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EDWARD R. CANBY

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
EDWARD R. CANBY
(1817 - 1873) Union major general who commanded the Department of New Mexico stopping Sibley's assault on California. He later commanded the assault on Mobile and after the war was killed by Modoc Indians. Scarce war-date A.D.S. as major general on Military Division of West Mississippi letterhead, 1p. 12mo., New Orleans [n.d., ca. late 1864], to an unnamed colonel: "...Send these and the dispatches for Genl. Halleck by the boats this evening & deliver Capt. Augur's for the next boat. Edw. Canby, M. G.". Period red ink note at bottom margin, else near fine.

Estimate: $300 - 400.

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