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BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL E. R. S. CANBY.

[Copied from the military records and other sources.]

Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, soldier, was born in Ken- tucky in 1817. Son of I. T. Canby, who was afterwards in

Gen. E. R. S. Canby, U. S. A. Killed April 11, 1873, in the

Lava Beds, by Capt. Jack. From the collection of the Smithsonian Institute.

1828 an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of the State of Indiana. His parents removed to Indiana when he was a mere lad, and his school life was spent in that State.