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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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