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Christopher C. Augur papers, 1780-1911

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Title Christopher C. Augur papers, 1780-1911

Creator Augur, Christopher Columbus, 1821-1898

Date 1846-1885

Place Louisiana, Mississippi, Great Plains, Texas

Language English

Subjects United States, Cedar Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1862, Indians of North America, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Red River War, 1874-1875, American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

Summary Correspondence (1848-1896); printed and manuscript military orders and reports (1838-1882); some accounts and receipts; newspaper clippings; a small notebook/scrapbook kept in Oregon (1852-1854); three large official administrative letter-books of the Departments of Texas and the Gulf; two maps (Kansas 1866 and U.S. 1877); two speeches and Augur's thoughts on Indian wars; a few historical manuscript documents; a collection of memorabilia, some poems, and photograph proofs of Augur's son, Col. Jacob A. Augur. Correspondents include military figures Nathaniel P. Banks, Winfield Scott Hancock, John P. Hatch, Guy V. Henry, Ranald Mackenzie, Alexander McD. McCook, Innis N. Palmer, Henry AV Post, and Joseph H. Potter. There is also a letter written by Battle of Cedar Mountain Confederate captive Henry W. Prince. Augur's correspondence consists of drafts of his letters written between 1870 and 1885. Among subjects covered are railroad surveys of the West (1853), the Battle of Cedar Mountain (1862), Civil War spy Pardon Worsley, Sioux and Cheyenne campaigns, published reports on conditions in the West by P.H. Sheridan and William T. Sherman (1878 and 1882) plus a report of an official meeting with Sitting Bull in 1877, departmental administrative matters and endorsements, troop morale and deportment, court-martials, Texas-Mexico border depredations and unrest in Louisiana and Mississippi. Among miscellaneous manuscript documents is one relevant to the calling out of circulation Maryland bills of credit (1780), a copy of an 1863 treaty between the U.S. and mixed bands of Bannock and Shoshonee Indians, and a hand-written roster of the troops moved to join the Army of the Potomac to defend Washington, May-June, 1863.

Biographical/Historical Note United States Army officer, 1821-1898.

Extent 1.5 linear feet (6 boxes)

Format Correspondence, Records, Sources, Manuscripts, Autographs

User-Contributed Transcription (text on the side) Fort Robinson__ est. here in 1874Kept of or ____ ____, _____, and (or) this fluctuates ___, beyond ____. If is said by all the old ____men that White River N. E.(North East) about 70 miles from here is a place of rendezvous for Indians coming ___ then counting on starting expeditions, and they all seem to think that a part in that ____ waned worry the hostile __dia_s__ a ___ deal. _______ can be made from _____ there but it would be difficult __ ____ a ___ ___ ____ there is the C____ting(ty) there is very rough. I mearly mention this matter as ___ for thought. Capt. Pale who is first ___ there thinks that a few place for part with plenty of (wood) grazing ie., could be farmed in that_____. With regards to the fundraising summing off the animals of___ in the ____ I would say that in ____ cases in lew I thought it is the of amount of the ___ in changes in ___ exercising the further influence. The man in charge of keeping animals informs me that they were taken at 10 o'clock of night, that they were loose and only one man with them as a ___, and I cannot

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Call Number VAULT Ayer MS 3008

BibID 991342508805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2162px × 2743px 17.00 MB

Filename 991342508805867_Ayer_MS_3008_box_01_FL_037_00003.tif

Unique Identifier NL11E03F

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