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Open book Christopher C. Augur papers, 1780-1911

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 SpringviewKeya Paka Co. Neb.April 19th, 1887To Genl C. C. AugurGeorgetown, D. C.Dear Sir Please Pardon me for taking the liberty to Addressing you a few lines at this time. Allow me to ask a Favor of you if it is in your Pour to help one of your old Soldiers to obtain a Pension I often Stood guard in your tent at Uptons Hill Virginia and you and I use to know eacher well. I find it hard to obtain Evidence at this late day and my Aplaction has been in for some years. Beleaving that you [underline] will remember some of the circumstances which caused my disability and for which I was discharged after being three months in Hospital. The circumstance are about as follows if you remember that while on the march to take Fredericksburg Virginia we were caught in a four days Snow Storm [4 words underlined] in the Spring of 1862 at or near Catlett or Bristo Station, from [underline] the effects of which quite an number of our men took Sick and died.I was with you on that forsed March [2 words underlined] to save the Bridges and Stood by you when you give the order that sent two round

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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 2257px × 3502px 22.64 MB

Filename 991342508805867_Ayer_MS_3008_box_01_FL_015_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11E00U

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