Christopher C. Augur
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Christopher Columbus Augur (July 10, 1821 – January 16, 1898) was an American military officer, most noted for his role in the American Civil War. Although less well known then other Union commanders, he was nonetheless considered an able battlefield commander.
Born in Kendall, New York, Augur moved with his family to Michigan and entered West Point in 1839. Following his graduation in 1843, Augur served as aide-de-camp to Generals Hopping and Cushing during the Mexican-American War, and during the 1850s took an active part in the campaigns of the western frontier against the Yakima and Rogue River tribes of Washington and, in 1856, against the Oregon Indians.
Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, Augur served as commandant of cadets at West Point. Appointed brigadier general of volunteers in 1861, he was severely wounded at Cedar Mountain in August 1862. He was promoted to major general in the same month and subsequently commanded a division in the Army of the Gulf during the siege of Port Hudson. He commanded the XXII Corps and the Department of Washington (1863-66), ending the war with an exemplary record.
Following the war, Augur also would command the departments of the Platte (1867-71), of Texas (1871-75), and of the Gulf (1875-78). He also played a major role in negotiations of the Treaties of Medicine Lodge in 1867 and Fort Laramie in 1868. In 1886, he retired from the military service. He died in Georgetown, D.C., and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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- Augur, E.P. The Augur Family. Middletown, Connecticut, 1904.
- Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Keenan, Jerry. Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars, ABC-CLIO, Inc.: California, 1997. ISBN 0-87436-796-4
[edit] External links
- Christopher Columbus Augur from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Arlington National Cemetery biography
- Christopher C. Augur at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-12
- This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
