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  • There was a Confederate state of Arizona in existance for ten days (until Gen. Canby's troops captured the capital), but its capital was at Mesilla (now in New Mexico) and roughly speaking it included only the southern halves of what is now New Mexico and Arizona.

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  • Canby's enthusiasm was buoyed by Allen's romance with New York, expressed most lyrically in his valentine to the city, Manhattan, with its iconic shot of Allen and Diane Keaton sitting on a bench by the East River just south of the 59th Street Bridge, but present to one degree or another in almost all his movies.

    Reconstructing Woody Peter Biskind 2005

  • Canby's enthusiasm was buoyed by Allen's romance with New York, expressed most lyrically in his valentine to the city, Manhattan, with its iconic shot of Allen and Diane Keaton sitting on a bench by the East River just south of the 59th Street Bridge, but present to one degree or another in almost all his movies.

    Reconstructing Woody Peter Biskind 2005

  • He had been guarding them against the day when he met the one-armed man somewhere, but now he passed out Canby's guns.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • Soon Poteet came back and unrolled Canby's bed things.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • Canby's tale went on and on, but never too long or tedious for his listeners.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • The first time he came back to the fire after a twelve-to-two night guard, he went quietly to Canby's sleeping bag and shook him, intending to say, "Canby, your watch, " but before he could utter a word Canby was bolt upright, jabbing a revolver in his face and cursing him.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • " The black man said he was, and Poteet said, "Men, we've had a hard trip and Canby's misfortune weighs upon us all.

    Centennial Michener, James 1974

  • I will therefore give it as my opinion that your army and Canby's should be reinforced to the maximum; that, after you get Wilmington, you should strike for Savannah and its river; that General Canby should hold the Mississippi River, and send a force to take Columbus, Georgia, either by way of the

    Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

  • Now that we have all of Mobile Bay that is valuable, I do not know but it will be the best move to transfer Canby's troops to act upon Savannah, whilst you move on Augusta.

    Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

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