Category: Modoc War

• The United States Army Executed By Hanging Four Native Americans Found Guilty of Killing American Civil War General Edward Canby during the Modoc War in Oregon. October 3, 1873.

  Image: Major General Edward Canby (Public Domain). On this day in history, October 3, 1873, the United States Army executed by hanging four Native Americans found guilty of killing American Civil War general Edward Canby during the Modoc War in Oregon. Canby was the highest-ranking army officer and the only general ever murdered by Native…

  October 3, 2023

  1800s, American History, American Old West, General Edward Canby, Modoc War, Native Americans

  1800s, American History, American Old West, Genersl Edward Canby, Modoc War, Native Americans