Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General Christopher Colon Augur

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                                   AUGUR
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   AUGUR, GEN. CHRISTOPHER COLON, born in New York in 1821. Graduated at
   West Point in 1843. Served in the Mexican war and on the frontier.
   Commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers, November, 1861. Fought
   at Cedar Mountain, and commanded at the siege of Fort Hudson.
   Brevetted major-general, March 13, 1865. Subsequently commanded in
   various departments, and was retired under the rules for age, in 1885.