Civil War General: Major General Christopher Columbus Augur
Major General Christopher Columbus Augur (Union Major General)
Born: July 10, 1821 in Kendall, Orleans County, New York.
Died: January 16, 1898 (aged 76) Georgetown, Washington, D.C., US
Buried: Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance: Union
Service / branch: United States Union Army
Years of service: 1843–1885
Rank: Major General
Unit: 4th U.S. Infantry, 13th U.S. Infantry
Commands: Eastern Iron Brigade, 2nd Division, II Corps, XXII Corps, Department of Washington, Department of the Missouri, 12th U.S. Infantry
Battles / wars: Yakima War, Rogue River Wars, Mexican–American War, American Civil War
Biography
AUGUR, Christopher C., major-general, was born in New York in 1821, and in 1843 was graduated at West Point to which school he had been appointed from Michigan. He served during the Mexican war, at first as aide-de-camp to Gen. Hopping, and then, after the latter's death, in a similar capacity to Gen. Caleb Cushing. In 1852 he was promoted to captain and served with distinction in the war against the Indians of Oregon in 1856. On May 11, 1861, he was appointed major in the 13th infantry, was then for a time commandant of cadets at West Point, and in November of that year was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, being assigned to Gen. McDowell's corps. In July, 1862, he was assigned to a division under Gen. Banks, and was severely wounded in the battle of Cedar mountain. On Aug. 9, 1862, he was promoted major-general of volunteers and, joining his command in the following November, he took part in the Louisiana campaign. Meritorious services at the siege of Port Hudson, where he commanded the left wing of the army, won for Gen. Augur the brevet of brigadier-general in the U. S. army, Mar. 13, 1865, and at the same time he was brevetted major-general, U. S. A., for meritorious services during the rebellion. He was commandant of the Department of Washington from Oct. 13, 1863, to Aug. 13, 1866, afterwards being commandant successively of the departments of the Platte, Texas, the Gulf, the South and the Missouri, and, in 1885, he was retired. [Citation: The Union Army: Biographical. United States, Federal Publishing Company, 1908.]