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| | CHRISTOPHER COLON AUGUR - Original Member of the Aztec Club of 1847 |
 | | Augur was posted to the Defense of Washington, D. C., December 16, 1861 to March 10,1862. |
 | | 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. |
 | | Augur received a brevet to Brigadier-General, U. Army, on March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services at the Capture of Port Hudson; and a brevet to Major-General, U. Army, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the Rebellion. |
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