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Prudent soldier : a biography of Major General E.R.S. Canby, 1817-1873: his military service in the Indian campaigns, in the Mexican War, in California, New Mexico, Utah, and Oregon ; in the Civil War in the trans-Mississippi West, and as military governor in the post-war South
- Title
- Prudent soldier : a biography of Major General E.R.S. Canby, 1817-1873: his military service in the Indian campaigns, in the Mexican War, in California, New Mexico, Utah, and Oregon ; in the Civil War in the trans-Mississippi West, and as military governor in the post-war South / by Max L. Heyman, Jr.
- Author
- Heyman, Max L.
- Publication
- Glendale, Calif. : Arthur H. Clark Co., ©1959.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | 1083.237.46 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 418 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations, maps (1 folded), fascims., portraits; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This first biography of Canby filled a major gap in the history of western military figures. Canby was assassinated in 1873 at the hands of Captain Jack whicle trying to settle the Modoc difficulties in northern California. His life included service throughout the west and the Civil War.
- Series Statement
- Frontier military series ; 3
- Uniform Title
- Frontier military series ; 3.
- Subject
- Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
- dfd Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
- Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
- To 1950
- Modoc War, 1872-1873 > History
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > History
- Generals > United States > Biography
- Guerre des Modocs, 1872-1873 > Histoire
- Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Generals
- California > History > 1850-1950
- United States > History > 1815-1861
- United States > History, Military > To 1900
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography
- Californie > Histoire > 1850-1950
- États-Unis > Histoire > 1815-1861
- États-Unis > Histoire militaire > Jusqu'à 1900
- California
- United States
- United States > History > 1783-1865
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies.
- History.
- Military history.
- Note
- Bound in gilt stamped blue cloth.
- One of 1267 copies. Frontier Military Series III.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliography.
- Contents
- A gentleman highly esteemed -- Duto, honor, country -- Indians first -- the Seminoles -- Garrison duty and recruiting service -- Captain Canby at the guns -- With the command in California -- Tour of inspection -- Courage and fidelity in Utah -- On the trail of the Navajo -- New Mexico: battleground of the far West -- "Who is General E.R.S. Canby? -- The land of Canby: the West Mississippi division -- Trading with the enemy -- The Negro: a subject of national interest -- Louisiana politics -- The Department of Washington -- North and South Carolina: the second military district -- The great reconstructor in Texas and Virginia -- Indians last -- the Modocs.
- LCCN
- 59008004
- OCLC
- ocm00944359
- 944359
- SCSB-587500
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library