Born at Kendall, NY, he was raised in Michigan from which he received an appointment to West Point in 1839. He graduated in the Class of 1843, which furnished during the Civil War ten general officers to the North and three to the South, excluding brevets. Augur was breveted to 2nd Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry, July 1, 1843. He served in garrison at Ft. Ontario, NY, 1843-1845 and in the Military Occupation of Texas, 1845- 1846. During the War with Mexico, he was engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846 and Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, before being assigned Recruiting Duty, 1846-1847. He returned to Mexico as Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-General Hopping, March 1 to September 1, 1847 and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant, 4th Infantry, February 1, 1847.

Lt. Augur served as Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier-General Cushing, September 1, 1847 to May 30, 1848; in garrison at East Pascagoula, MS, 1848; at Ft. Niagara, NY, 1848-1852; and on frontier duty, 1852- 1861; at such posts as: Ft. Vancouver, WA, 1852-1854; Ft. Yakima, WA, 1855, where he was engaged against the Yakima Indians in a Skirmish at the Two Buttes, WA, November 9, 1855; Rogue River Expedition, 1856; Ft. Orford, OR, 1856; and Ft Hoskins, OR, 1857-1861. He was commissioned as a Major, 13th Infantry, May 14, 1861 and served at the Military Academy as Commandant of Cadets and Instructor of Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry Tactics, August 26 to December 5, 1861. He was promoted to Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers, November 12, 1861.

Augur was posted to the Defense of Washington, D. C., December 16, 1861 to March 10,1862. He was engaged in operations on the Rappahannock, March to July, 1862, being engaged (in command) in the Capture of Fredericksburg. He was placed in command of V Corps, July 9 to August 10, 1862, being engaged in the Battle of Cedar Mountain where he was severely wounded. He received a brevet to Colonel, U. S. Army, August 9, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services at Cedar Mountain and commissioned as Major-General, U. S. Volunteers.

N. P. Banks asked for Augur as his second in command of the Expedition to New Orleans in the fall of 1862 and he commanded the left wing of the army, during the Siege of Port Hudson, May 21, 1863 to July 8, 1863. He received a promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel, 12th Infantry, July 1, 1863. From October, 1863 to the end of the War he commanded the XXII Corps and the Department of Washington.

Augur received a brevet to Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, on March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services at the Capture of Port Hudson; and a brevet to Major-General, U. S. Army, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the Rebellion.

Christopher Colon Augur

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