What is Edward Canby?
'''Edward Canby''' (November 9, 1817 – April 11, 1873) was a general in the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] army during the [[American Civil War]]. He was born in 1817 in [[Kentucky]]. He graduated from the [[United States Military Academy]] in 1839. He fought in the [[Mexican-American War]]. After moving around to different army posts, he became commander of the U.S. army units in [[New Mexico]] in 1860. Canby was a colonel at the start of the Civil War. He helped defeat a Confederate force during the [[New Mexico Campaign]] in early 1862. At the end of March 1862, he was promoted to [[Brigadier general]]. He was reassigned to the eastern United States. In 1864, he became commander of the Union forces along the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. He captured the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] city of [[Mobile, Alabama]] in April 1865. Canby commanded U.S. army units in the South during the [[Reconstruction of the United States]]. In 1872, he was sent to the [[Pacific Northwest]] to fight the Indian tribes. He was killed in 1873 while trying to make a [[peace treaty]] with the Modoc Tribe in [[northern California]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Canby, Edward}} [[Category:1817 births]] [[Category:1873 deaths]] [[Category:American Civil War generals]] [[Category:Military people from Kentucky]] {{US-biography-stub}}