Talk:Edward Canby

Draft Riots Bigotry

This article contained (and may still contain) unfortunate and inaccurate remarks about the NYC draft riots of 1863, calling the riots an attack of ethnic Irish upon blacks. Most of the city didn't riot in 1863, including its immigrants. Native-born WASP commercial interests connected to the South incited trouble and workers resisting a class-privileged draft. Immediately prior to the draft, the city's large militia force was mobilized and sent to Pennsylvania leaving only the under-manned police to deal with malcontents. The police, many ethnic Irish, were able to protect the city's blacks for the most part, but not their property. Most of the dead were the rioters, killed by feckless troops from the harbor forts and the few militia remaining in the city. Canby had no involvement in any of the mayhem so his inclusion here is a gratuitous manifestation of old nativist prejudice. For generations we've had this sort of blame switching to cover up miscalculation by the Lincoln administration -- holding a draft during the Gettysburg crisis -- that led to significant loss of life and property. The lost lives among "rioters" including many who turned out to be women and children. Canby relieved the army officer responsible for the civilian deaths. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8800:4A02:2F00:C458:9C10:D0F5:A468 (talk) 23:30, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

missing info about evil

article defending a man who was as bad as Hitler, stealing land by conquest from Native Americans in California. his death , while a cowardly act, was a fight against evil like white rose resisting Nazi German. such Facts needs to be added — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.38.155.134 (talk) 19:19, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Untitled

Quotations from correspondence between Canby and General Grant are from Heyman, Max L., Jr.: Prudent Soldier: A Biography of Major General ERS Canby, 1817-1873, Frontier Military Series III, Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1959, but I don't have page numbers at hand.

Bad citation

17 is a useless citation and should be removed, as it links to a plethora of papers at the library of congress. There is no way to know what collection the claim that canby brought weapons too would be in, and cannot be verified. I tried browsing through some post 1865 collections and found nothing.

knowing wikipedia, it will stay though. They only remove content that fits a preferred story ~2026-53507-78 (talk) 09:22, 4 October 2026 (UTC)