Augustus Martensen Papers Martensen (Augustus) Papers 1822-1923

Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898

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Augur was born in Kendall, New York. He moved with his family to Michigan and entered West Point in 1839. Augur graduated in 1843 in the same class as General of the Army Ulysses S. Grant. Following his graduation, 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. In Oregon, ...

Patrick, Marsena Rudolph, 1811-1888

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Patrick was born in Hounsfield, Jefferson County, New York (near Watertown). He worked on the Erie Canal and briefly taught school. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy in nearby West Point, and graduated in 1835. Initially appointed a brevet second lieutenant in the infantry, he was promoted to first lieutenant in 1839, serving in the Seminole Wars. Patrick served in the Mexican–American War and was again promoted, this time to captain, in 1847. He was appointed brevet major i...

Coon, Marcus

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Atwater, Dorence, 1845-1910

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Martensen, Carl Friedrich Augustus von, 1822-1863?

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Augustus Martensen (given name Carl Friedrich Augustus von Martensen), was born in Kiel, an independent town in the Schleswig-Holstein region of northern Germany, in 1822. At 26, he joined the Army of Schleswig-Holstein where he served in the artillery brigades during the First War of Schleswig (1848 to 1851). It appears that he emigrated to the United States at some point after Schleswig-Holstein was returned to Danish control by the Treaty of London in 1852. By 1855, Martensen was...