Year: 1873

The following is the Order promulgated


by General Sherman announcing The


death of General Candy:


HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,


general Order M, O.
1t again becomes the sad duty of the Genera
| to announce to the army the death of one OF
| our most illustrious and honored comrades


Brig. Gen. Edward r. s. Candy, commanding


the Department of Columbia, was, on Friday


last, April. II, shot dead by the CHIEF


Jack, while he was endeavorlng to


mediate for the removal of the Modocs
| from their present rocky fastness, on
| the northern border of California, To
| the reservation, where the tribe could be main.
tanned and protected by the civil agents of the
Government, That such life should have
| been sacrificed in such cause will ever be a
source of regret to his relations and friends.


Yet the General trusts that all good soldiers
will be consoled in knowing that Candy lost
his life on duty, and in the execution of his
office, for he had been especially chosen and
appointed for this delicate and dangerous trust
by reason of his well-known patience and for
bearanCe his entire self-abnegation and fidelity
to the expressed wishes of his Government,
and his large experience in dealing with the
savage Indians of America. He had already
completed the necessary military preparations
to enforce obedience to the conclusions of the
Peace Commissioners after which he seems to





with the savage chief in supposed friendly
council, and there met his death by treachery,
outside his military lines, but within view of
the signal station AT the same time one of the
Peace Commissioners was killed outright and
another mortaly wounded and a third escaped
unhurt


Thus pershed one of the kindest and best
gentlemen of this or any other country, whose
social qualities equaled his military virtues
TO even sketch his army history would pass the
limits of n general order; and it must here
suffice to state that General Candy began his
military career as a cadet at West Point in the
summer of 1885, graduating in 1889, since
which time he has continually served, thirty
eight years, passing through all grades to
Major-General of Volunteers and Brigadier-
General of the regular army. He served i'm
early life with marked distinction in the Flor
ida and Mexican wars, and the outbreak of the
civil war found him on duty in New Mexico,
where, after the detection of his senior, he
remained in command, and defended the coun-
try successfully against a formidable inroad
from the direction of Texas. Afterwards
transferred to the East, to more active and
important sphere, he exercised various
high commands and at the close of the civil
war was in chief command of the Military
Division of West Mississippi, in which he had
received a painful wound, but had the honor
to capture Mobile and compel the surrender of
the rebel forces of the Southwest. Since the
close of the war; he has repeatedly been chosen
for special commands by reason of his
superior knowledge of law and civil govern
ment, his known fidelity to the wishes of the
Executive, and his chiyalrous devotion to his
profession, in all of which his success was per-
feet. When fatigued by his long and labori-
GUS career, in 1869 he voluntarily consented
to take command of the Department of Column
bia, where he expected to enjoy the repose he
so much coveted. This Modoc difficulty aris-
ing last winter, and il being extremely desirous
to end it by peaceful means, it seemed provi-
dental that it should have occurred within
the sphere of General Canby's command
He responded to the call of his Government
with alacrity, and has labored with patience
that deserved better success, but alas! the end
is different from that which he and his
best friends had hoped for and he now lies a
corpse in the wild mountains of California,
while the lightning flashes his requiem to the
furthermost corner of the civilized world
Though dead, the record of his fame is resplen-
dent with noble deeds well done, and no name
on our army register stands faircr or higher for
personal qualities that command the universal
respect, honor, affection, and love of his coun-
trymen. General Candy leaves to his country
Il heart-broken widow but no children. Every
honor consistent with law and usage shall be
paid to his remains, full notice of which will
be given as soon as his family can be consulted
and arrangements concluded.


BY order of GEN. SHERMAN.


W. d. WHPPLE, Adjutant- General.