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C(hristopher) C. Augur.

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C(hristopher) C. Augur.
Of N.Y. Union Maj. Gen. Commandant of cadets at West Point at outbreak of war; commanded force that captured Fredericksburg; severely wounded at Cedar Mountain. With a highly interesting postwar career, Augur headed Depts. of the Platte, Texas, Gulf, and of the South, and instrumental in negotiating Treaties of Medicine Lodge and Fort Laramie. With "Maj. Genl., U.S.V." in his hand. Darkening at left and right portions, evidently old fingerprints, else bold and very good.