Christopher C. Augur
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Christopher C. Augur (1821-1898) - Born 10 Jul 1821, Kendall, New York. Died 16 Jan 1898, Washington, D.C.
Christoper C. Auger was born 10 Jul 1821 in New York but moved with his widowed mother to Michigan. In 1839 he was appointed to West Point from Michigan. He graduated from West Point in 1843, 16th in a class of 39. His class furnished ten general officers to the North and three to the South during the U.S. Civil War including General Ulysses S. Grant.
He performed routine garrison duty for some years and fought creditably in the Mexican War, serving as aide-de-camp to General Hopping and General Caleb Cushing.
During the 1850s he saw service on the frontier. He was promoted Captain 1 August 1852, and served with distinction in a campaign against the Indians in Oregon in 1856. He is credited with building Fort Hoskins in 1856 and served as it's first commanding officer from 1856 to 1861.
U.S. Civil War
On 14 May 1861, he was appointed Major in the 13th infantry, and was, for the first few months of the war, commandant of cadets at West Point. On 12 November 1861 he was commissioned a Brigadier General of volunteers. He first saw action at the Rappahannock during the Peninsular Campaign. In July 1862, he was assigned to a division under General Banks, and in the battle of Cedar Mountain, 9 August was severely wounded. He sat on the military court that investigated the surrender of Harper's Ferry.
He was promoted Major General 9 August 1862, and in November took part in the Louisiana campaign. At the siege of Port Hudson he commanded the left wing of the army. He was brevetted Brigadier General in the United States Army, 13 March 1865, receiving on the same date the brevet of Major-General.
From 13 October 1865, to 13 August 1866, he was commandant of the Department of Washington.
His son, Jacob Arnold, was a Captain in the 5th United States Cavalry.
Post War
He was the officer in charge of the escort of President Lincoln's body from the Peterson House to the White House after the President's assassination on the evening of April 14, 1865.
In March 1866 he was appointed Colonel, 12th U.S. Infantry and Brigadier General, U.S. Army, in 1869. He commanded the Department of the Platte from 15 January 1867, to 13 November 1871; the Department of Texas until March 1875; the Department of the Gulf until 1 July 1878, and the Department of the South and the Department of the Missouri. He retired from the Army in 1885.
On 15 August 1886, he was shot and dangerously wounded by a Negro whom he attempted to chastise for using coarse language in front of his house in Washington. He died the next day, January 16, 1898, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Section 1 Site 63WS. His wife, Jane Augur, and his sons, Colonel Jacob A. Augur and Colon Augur are buried with him.
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- (1839-1843) Cadet, United States Military Academy
- (1843-????) 2nd Lt.
- (1856-1861) Capt., 4th U.S. Infantry, Company G, Commander, Fort Hoskins, Oregon
- (1861-1861) Major (14 May 1861), 13th U.S. Infantry, commandant of cadets at West Point
- (1861-1862) Brig. General (12 Nov 1861), U.S. Volunteers
- (1862-1865) Maj. General (9 Aug 1862), Louisiana campaign
- (1865-1866) Bvt. Brig. General and Bvt. Maj. General (13 March 1865), commandant of the Department of Washington
- (1866-????) Col. (Mar 1866) Colonel, 12th U.S. Infantry
- (1867-1871) (1869), Brig. General, U.S. Army, commanded the Department of the Platte
- (1871-1875) commanded the Department of Texas
- (1875-1878) commanded the Department of the Gulf
- (1878-????) commanded the Department of the South
- (????-1885) commanded the Department of the Missouri
- (1885) Retired from the Army
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- [ http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ccaugur.htm Arlington Cemetery Site]