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8th April 1866
8th April 1866


Honorable Ede. Stanton
Honorable E. M. Stanton
Secretary of War
Secretary of War


Sir:
Sir:
       In the absence of more official and formal statements, I solicit your attention to the following facts connected with the Military Service of Major Genl. Augur under my Command.  General Augur reported to me in Virginia the 15th July 1862.  He was assigned to the Command of the 2d Division of the 12th Army Corps which he retained until disabled by serious wound recd at Cedar Mountain, 9" August 1862.  At my request he was ordered to report to me as Comder of the Department of the Gulf, and joined the expedition for New Orleans at New York Dec :1862, where he was placed in command of the troops detailed for that expedition.  He assumed command of the forces at Baton Rouge late in Dec 1862
       In the absence of more official and formal statements, I solicit your attention to the following facts connected with the Military Service of Major Genl. Augur under my Command.  General Augur reported to me in Virginia the 15 July 1862.  He was assigned to the Command of the 2d Division of the 12th Army Corps which he retained until disabled by serious wound recd at Cedar Mountain, 9th August 1862.  At my request he was ordered to report to me as Comder of the Department of the Gulf, and joined the expedition for New Orleans at New York Dec :1862, where he was placed in command of the troops detailed for that expedition.  He assumed command of the forces at Baton Rouge late in Dec 1862

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Washington D. C. 8th April 1866

Honorable E. M. Stanton Secretary of War

Sir:

     In the absence of more official and formal statements, I solicit your attention to the following facts connected with the Military Service of Major Genl. Augur under my Command.  General Augur reported to me in Virginia the 15 July 1862.  He was assigned to the Command of the 2d Division of the 12th Army Corps which he retained until disabled by serious wound recd at Cedar Mountain, 9th August 1862.  At my request he was ordered to report to me as Comder of the Department of the Gulf, and joined the expedition for New Orleans at New York Dec :1862, where he was placed in command of the troops detailed for that expedition.  He assumed command of the forces at Baton Rouge late in Dec 1862