Name/Title
Canby Cross Monument to Gen. ERS Canby, at Death Site from Modoc Wars, Snapshot, 1932Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.147Description
Canby Cross Monument to Gen. ERS Canby, at Death Site from Modoc Wars, Snapshot, 1932. b/w. Snapshot of elderly man, in Union Army cap, standing with another man in front of wooden cross installed on top rock cairn.
Caption on back: "Capt. O.C. Applegate, who served under General Canby in the Modoc War, at the Canby Cross, erected by men of his command, where General Canby was killed." dated Sept. 15, 1932."
Canby was an officer during the Mexican, Civil & Indian Wars. He defeated Sibley in New Mexico and pushed the Confederates back to Texas, and later returned east in an administrative position as assigned by U.S. Grant. He was the only U.S. General to die in the Later Indian Wars in 1873. See Museum Graphic, Summer, 1954, Vol VI, No. 3.
Original digital scan on History CD 01.Made/Created
Studio
UnknownDate made
1932Place
City
TulelakeState/Province
CaliforniaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Civil warsSearch Terms
U.S. Army, U.S. Calvary, Mexican War, Union Army, Indian Wars, Native American, ModocDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 3¼" x 5¼"Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Canby, Edward R.S., GeneralPerson or Organization
O.C. Applegate