[Rejection of a Canby's resignation]

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

GLC01596.07

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GLC#
GLC01596.07-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
7 June 1865
Author/Creator
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
Title
[Rejection of a Canby's resignation]
Place Written
New Orleans, Louisiana
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 16 cm, Width: 8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

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.

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