Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898
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Augur, Christopher Colon, 1821-1898.
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Christopher Columbus Augur
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American general.
American army officer.
Following the Civil War U.S. army officer Christopher C. Augur commanded several military departments in the West. Interested in photographic documentation, Augur, a commissioner with the 1868 Indian Peace Commission at Fort Laramie, Wyo., recruited Alexander Gardner to photograph the proceedings and also received copies of Gardner's work. Augur apparently acquired the remainder of his photographic collection while stationed in the west.
United States Army officer, active in the Mexican and Civil Wars. From 1866 to 1885 commanded the departments of Platte, Texas, the Gulf, the South and Missouri.
United States Army officer, 1821-1898.
Born in New York in 1821, Christopher Columbus Augur graduated from West Point in 1843, in the same class as Ulysses S. Grant. He served in the Mexican War, and during the 1850s he saw service on the frontier. Promoted to Captain in 1852, he served with distinction in the campaign against Indians in Oregon in 1856. At the start of the Civil War, Augur was appointed Major in the 13th Infantry, and in November he was commissioned a Brigadier General of volunteers. In July 1862, he was assigned to a division under General Banks and was severely wounded in the Battle of Cedar Mountain. Rejoining his corps he took part in the Louisiana Campaign. At the siege of Port Hudson (1863) he distinguished himself for gallantry and was brevetted Brigadier General in the United States Army, also receiving brevet of Major General for services in the field during the rebellion. Augur's significant post-war commands included the Department of the Platte (1867-1871) and the Department of Texas (1872-1875), where he was responsible for operations against Sioux, Cheyenne, Kiowa and Comanche. Also, Augur was administrator of the Department of the Gulf until July 1878, as well as the Departments of the South and the Missouri. He retired from the army in 1885. Augur was married to Jane Elizabeth Arnold and they had eleven children, two of whom also had military careers. Christopher Columbus Augur died in 1898.
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Arapaho Indians
Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862
Cheyenne Indians
Comanche Indians
Crow Indians
Dakota Indians
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Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
Indians of North America
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Mexican War, 1846-1848
Mexican War, 1846-1848
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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Red River War, 1874-1875
Rogue River Indian War, 1855-1856
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West (U.S.)
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Great Plains
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West (U.S.)
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United States
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Vancouver Barracks (Wash.)
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Louisiana
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Mississippi
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Port Hudson (La.)
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New York (State)
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Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort)
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