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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 echelon with the right in the corn field, which the right was to the front of, & at about one hundred paces. This I deemed necessary as I found the then position of the brigade under a cross-fire of musketry, the angle of which was at least thirty degrees. Here Capt. Tenatt was mortally wounded encouraging the soldiers with his cheerful manner & sometime after that Lt. Haskell by my side pointed to his wound & told me he thought he could not sit his horse much longer which was evident from his apperance. Captain Green being the only other mounted person present besides myself I ordered him to hold Haskell on his horse & take him to the rear. I was then the only mounted officer present. It was getting quite dusky & was necessary that I should have some communication with the rest of the Army. I told the nearest field officer Maj. Gray that I would be absent for that purpose a moment & only a moment that I would instantly return & gave the new orders which were evidently necessary. I galloped to the right & rear & just as I expected to issue from the cornfield into open ground where I should see Gen. Augur I was hailed by twenty or more voices all speaking together & on every side of me exclaiming "Surrender" "Surrender" as fast as they could & closing in on me. I replied

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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 2247px × 2768px 17.83 MB

Filename 991342508805867_Ayer_MS_3008_box_01_FL_040_00004.tif

Unique Identifier NL11E046

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