Carson, with the rank of Colonel of Volunteers, commanded the third of five columns in Canby ’ s force.

At the start of the Civil War, Canby commanded Fort Defiance, New Mexico Territory.

::* Army of the Gulf, the army operating in the region bordering the Gulf of Mexico, commanded by Benjamin Butler, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Edward Canby.

Originally commanded by General Daniel E. Sickles, after his removal by President Andrew Johnson on August 26, 1867, General Edward Canby took his place.

During this operation, Canby renamed the force the Army of West Mississippi after the military division that he commanded.

It was virtually the same force as the Army of the Gulf, but was renamed when it became a part of the Military Division of West Mississippi, in the Department of the Gulf commanded by Maj. Gen. Edward Canby.

Overall command of Union forces in the Department of New Mexico fell to Colonel Edward R. S. Canby of the Regular Army ’ s 19th Infantry, headquartered at Ft. Marcy in Santa Fe.

Advancing up the Rio Grande, Sibley ’ s command clashed with Canby ’ s Union force at Valverde on February 21, 1862.

The day-long Battle of Valverde ended when the Confederates captured a Union battery of six guns and forced the rest of Canby ’ s troops across the river.

The Union Pacific ( formerly a Southern Pacific mainline ) freight and passenger ( via Amtrak ) line runs through the center of downtown Canby although Amtrak passenger trains no longer stop here.

The Oregon Pacific Railroad branchline to Molalla interchanges with the Union Pacific mainline at Canby.

Edward Richard Sprigg Canby ( November 9, 1817 – April 11, 1873 ) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War, Reconstruction era, and the Indian Wars.

Although subsequently defeated by Confederate Brigadier General Sibley in February 1862 at the Battle of Valverde, Canby and his troops eventually forced the Confederates to retreat to Texas after the Union strategic victory at the Battle of Glorieta Pass.

When the film was released, Vincent Canby, film critic for The New York Times, gave the film a positive review, writing, " Early in The Forbin Project, Colossus, a supercomputer that controls the United States ' military defense system, goes into an unprogrammed rage and launches a missile toward the Soviet Union.

The commanders of the New Mexico Campaign were the Confederate Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley, and the Union Colonel Edward Canby.

Under Canby, Myer added a new duty to the tasks of the Signal Corps by working out a system for interrogating deserters and refugees who came into the Union lines.

Union forces in the Department of New Mexico were led by Colonel Edward Canby, who headquartered at Fort Craig.

The Confederate advance followed the west bank of the river via Fort Craig, which was garrisoned by a 3, 800-man Union force under Canby.

Canby attacked, but the Union forces were driven back by the Confederates under Colonel Thomas Green, who took command after Sibley was indisposed ( some say of drunkenness ).

Canby meanwhile attempted to trap Sibley's army between his own force and Fort Union.

Canby had already ordered Paul to " not move from Fort Union to meet me until I advise you of the route and point of junction.

Slough, receiving orders from Canby to return immediately to Fort Union, also retreated, fearing a court martial if he disobeyed this order.

Canby initially ordered the Union force to retreat back to Fort Union, but after discovering the weakness of the Confederates he ordered a concentration of Union forces ; small garrisons were left at Forts Craig and Union, and the main forces were to rendezvous near Albuquerque.

He surrendered his department at Citronelle, Alabama, the last major Confederate force remaining east of the Mississippi, to Union General Edward Canby on May 8, 1865, and was paroled three days later.

Union scouts informed Canby of the Confederate movements towards the north.

Canby blamed the New Mexican volunteers for his loss but his decision to reinforce his right while weakening his center and left was the real cause of the Union defeat.

Vincent Canby of The New York Times called the film " beautiful " and complimented Gordon Willis on his " use of cool colors that suggest civilization's precarious control of natural forces ", but noted:

Recombining the forces he had earlier divided, Canby set off in pursuit of the retreating Confederate army, but he soon gave up the chase and allowed them to reach Texas.

Though Canby was a little better supplied, he saw that defending the entire territory from every possible attack would stretch his forces too thinly.

Realizing that Sibley had to attack along a river, especially since New Mexico was in the middle of a long drought, Canby made the best use of his forces by defending against only two possible scenarios: an attack along the Rio Grande and an attack by way of the Pecos and Canadian rivers.

Canby accepted the surrender of the Confederate forces under General Richard Taylor in Citronelle, on May 4, 1865, and those under General Edmund Kirby Smith west of the Mississippi River on May 26, 1865.

New York Times film critic Vincent Canby gave it a rather negative review, concluding with, " This fascination, on the part of contemporary Japanese filmmakers, with the destruction of their land by fantastic, prehistoric forces only 20 years after Hiroshima, might be of interest to social historians.

He gained fame when he assumed field command of the U. S. forces during the Modoc War, after General Edward Canby and Rev.

Canby was appointed command of the Department of the Gulf at the closing of the war and the forces once again became the Army of the Gulf.

In 1865, the XIII Corps and XVI Corps were transferred to the Division of West Mississippi and placed under the command of General Canby, who renamed the forces the Army of West Mississippi after the military division.

When Canby was later appointed commander of the Department of the Gulf, the forces again took the title Army of the Gulf.

On March 27, 1865, Canby ’ s forces rendezvoused at Danley's Ferry and immediately undertook a siege of Spanish Fort.

Canby reported that his forces had 3 officers and 65 men killed / 3 officers and 157 men wounded / 1 officer and 35 men missing for a total of 263 Sibley claimed his losses at about 40 killed and about 100 wounded Due to the strength of the fort's walls, Sibley decided to abandon his attempt to capture the fort and instead continued northwards towards Albuquerque and Santa Fe, where he hoped to capture much needed supplies.

Both officers were later assigned to New Mexico, where in 1860 Canby coordinated a campaign against the Navaho, commanding Sibley in a futile attempt to capture and punish Navajo for " depredations " against the livestock of settlers.

After a period of clerical duty, Canby was assigned as " commanding general of the city and harbor of New York " on July 17, 1863.

As war was not working, the US government authorized a peace commission and assigned Canby a key position on it.

Following Roberts ' departure, Canby sent additional reinforcements from the fort's garrison, and assigned several companies of New Mexico volunteers to " watch the movements of the enemy, threaten his flanks and rear, and impede his movements as much as possible.