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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 reply: Feb. 16 1876Room of Committee on Military Affairs, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 24, 1876. Sir: The Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives would be pleased to have an expression in your opinion in regard to the following:1. What reduction, if any, can be made in pay and allowances of the officers of the Army, without determined to the efficiency of the service? 2. What reduction in strength or expense can be made in either Arm of the Military Service - Cavity, Artillery, or Infantry? 3. What reductions can be made in the Corps of Engineers, Ordnance Department, Subsistence Department, Medical Department. Pay Department, Adjutant General's Department, Inspector General's Department, Bureau of Military Justice, or either of them? 4. Would a reduction of pay to $1,300 to unclear Lieutenants mounted, and $1,200 to unclear Lieutenants not mounted, be excessive? 5. Would it be determined to the service to dispense with laundresses, and what amount would be saved thereby? 6. if the forage ration should be reduced two pounds each on hay and grain, would it not still be sufficient for public animals? 7. What is your opinion regarding appropriations necessary for Forts or other fortifications, of which you have knowledge? 8. Would it not be practicable to consolidate the Quartermaster's, Commissary and Pay Department into one Corps? 9. What is your opinion as to the propriety of transferring the Indian and Pension Bureaus to the War Department? 10. Might not the Bureau of Military Justice be dispensed with, without injury to the service?

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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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Size 2304px × 2880px 19.01 MB

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