Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873 to L. J. Cist

GLC02456.05

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GLC#
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Type
Letters
Date
9 July 1864
Author/Creator
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873
Title
to L. J. Cist
Place Written
New Orleans, Louisiana
Pagination
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

General Canby replies to a note from Cist, in St. Louis, Missouri. Writes, "The date of my commission as Brig Genl. is March 31. 1862 and as Major General May 7. 1864." Written on Headquarters, Military Division of the West Mississippi stationery; this title has been struck, and Department of the Gulf has been written in its place. One bust engraving of Canby included as collateral.

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