| Summary: | (Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Mexican War veteran. Commissioned as a colonel of the 15th Alabama Infantry in 1861 and promoted to brigadier general in January 1863. Major campaigns and battles include the Shenandoah Valley campaign, Seven Days', the Atlanta campaign, and the Carolinas. Following the war, Canty returned to Alabama, where he died in June 1874; he is buried at Fort Mitchell, Alabama. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. I. National Historical Society, 1991.
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