Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Augur
Born: July 10, 1821
Kendall, New York
Died: January 16, 1898
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
1843: West Point Graduate
1843: 2nd Lieutenant
May 14, 1861: Major
November 1861: Brigadier General
November 1862: Major General
Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Augur
Photographed by Mathew Brady
1843: West Point Graduate 16th out of 39
Mexican-American War
Aide-de-Camp to Generals Hopping and Cushing
1850's: Campaigns of the Western Frontier against the Yakima and Rogue River Tribes
1856: Fought against the Oregon Indians
May 14, 1861: Promoted to Major in 13th Infantry
August 26, 1861: Commandant of Cadets at West Point - Served as Infantry Tactics Instructor until December 5, 1861
November 1861: Appointed Brigadier General
August 9, 1862: Severely wounded at Battle of Cedar Mountain
November 14, 1862: Appointed Major General of Volunteers by President Lincoln with an effective date August 9, 1862
Received command of 1st Division in XIX Corps under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks
April 27 - July 9, 1863: Siege of Port Hudson
October 13, 1863 - August 13, 1866: Command of XXII Corps and Department of Washington
Was instrumental in mobilizing troops in his command to pursue John Wilkes Booth
January 1867 - November 1871: Department of the Platte
November 1871 - March 1875: Department of Texas
1875 - July 1878: Department of the Gulf
July 1878 - December 1880: Department of the South
January 1881 - October 1883: Department of Texas
1883 - 1885: Military Division of Missouri
1867: Played a major role in Treaty of Medicine Lodge
1868: Treaty of Wyoming Territory
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1969. p 34-35
Christopher C. Augur. 5 March 2021. web. 22 June 2021.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 12