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Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873 [Rejection of a Canby's resignation]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01596.07 Author/Creator: Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 7 June 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 16 cm, Width: 8 cm Order a Copy

Canby, as Major General in command of the infantry in New Orleans, has his resignation rejected and returned to him in "the interest of the service." Made by order of the Secretary of War and signed by C.W. Foster, the Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers. On stationery of the Headquarters, Department of the Gulf. Document is incomplete.

Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873

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