Name/Title
Canby, Edward R.S, U.S. Army General, Photo, c. 1873Entry/Object ID
P1991.1H.142Description
Canby, E.R.S, U.S. Army General, Photo, c. 1873. Head/Shoulders portrait of Brigadier General E.R.S. (Edward Richard Sprigg) Canby, taken just before he was killed by the Modoc Indians at Lava Beds, California while serving on a peace commission. (Same as 120/12766) (Canby's sword in St. Joseph Museum collection 546/12766)
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.
Canby was a Union general in the American civil War and served during the reconstruction era and the Indian Wars. c. 1873.
Handwritten on back: "Brig. Gen. E.R.S. Canby, U.S. V. Photograph taken just before he was killed at Lava Beds, California, while serving on a peace commission."
Photo was purchased by donor from Adj. Gen. office of the Army, Washington, D.C.
Original digital scan on History CD 01.Made/Created
Studio
UnknownDate made
1873Notes
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
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 WarsDimensions
Height
8 inWidth
10 inDimension Notes
¼ white border surrounding image areaRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Canby, Edward R.S., GeneralProvenance
Notes
From National Archives Record Group II, records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer