Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Samuel CANBY
Canby, Samuel. Del. Del. Sergt and 1 sergeant I 4 N J infantry 25 Apr to 25 July 1861; 1 lieutenant and adjutant 2 Del infantry 25 July 1861 to 28 Nov 1861; 2 lieutenant 4 artillery 21 Oct 1861; 1 lieutenant 5 Aug 1862; brevet 1 lieutenant 7 Apr 1862 for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Shiloh Tenn; captain 3 July 1863 for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg Pa and major 13 [p.280] Mar 1865 for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Franklin Tenn; resigned 1 July 1868; [died 24 July 1897.]
Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army
Lt. Samuel Canby commanded a battery of four 12-pounder Napoleons and Capt. Alexander Marshall a
battery of six 3-inch rifled guns at Franklin. Their artillery inflicted severe damage upon the Confederate troops, both during the Southern advance and in the midst of the heavy fighting along the Union breastworks. During the November 30 battle these guns fired over 1,100 rounds of solid shot, spherical case, fused shell, percussion shell, case shot, and canister.
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