General Edward R.S. Canby

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military officer
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Philip_Sheridan
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:awards Medal of Honor
gptkbp:birthDate 1817-03-09
gptkbp:birthPlace New_York_City,_New_York
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park
gptkbp:children gptkb:Edward_Canby_Jr.
gptkbp:commanded Union_troops_in_New_Mexico
Union_troops_in_the_Pacific_Theater
gptkbp:commander Union_forces_in_California
gptkbp:contributedTo Union victory
gptkbp:deathDate 1873-04-11
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:Confederate_States
Native_American_tribes
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First_Union_general_killed_in_the_West
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Edward R.S. Canby
gptkbp:influenced Military strategy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Winfield_Scott
gptkbp:knownFor Civil War leadership
gptkbp:legacy Military_leadership_in_the_West
gptkbp:nickname The General
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Wilderness
gptkb:Battle_of_Valverde
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Department_of_the_Pacific
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition Canby,_California_named_after_him
Canby,_Oregon_named_after_him
Canby_High_School_named_after_him
Canby_Post_Office_named_after_him
Honored_at_the_U.S._Capitol
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:General_John_A._McClernand
gptkbp:rank Major General
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Mexican-American_War
gptkb:Indian_Wars
gptkbp:serviceYears 1839-1873
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Canby
gptkbp:successor gptkb:General_George_Crook