August Kautz
August Valentine Kautz (January 5, 1828 – September 4, 1895) was a
Early life and career
Born in
Entering the
In the 1850s he married a Nisqually woman named Tenas Puss (Little Kitten) called Etta or Kitty in English. Son, Nugen, was born in 1857 and son, Doctin (later changed to Augustus) was born 1859. Both sons attended the Forest Grove Indian Training School (later called the Chemawa Indian School.)
On July 16, 1857, Kautz made what is sometimes credited as the first ascent of Mount Rainier. Kautz is reported as having climbed to the edge of Rainier's crater rim, but as he did not make the final walk to Rainier's Columbia Crest, his ascent has often been described as incomplete.[2]
During his time in the Pacific Northwest, Kautz became a supporter of
From 1859 to 1860, he traveled in Europe. In August 1860, under Major George A. H. Blake's command, he traveled with recruits on a march from
Civil War
Kautz was a captain with the
Promoted to
In early April 1865, Kautz marched into Richmond in command of a division of colored troops which belonged to Godfrey Weitzel's XXV Corps. He was active during the Union pursuit of Robert E. Lee from April 2 to April 9, 1865, until Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House.
After the Civil War
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After the war, Kautz served (from May to June 1865) on the trial board investigating the conspirators involved in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, before performing extensive service in the southwest frontier. He was the commander of the Department of Arizona from March 1875 to March 1878, and commanding officer of Fort McDowell. He was appointed commander of the Department of the Columbia in July 1891 with the rank of brigadier general. After leaving military service in 1892, he lived in retirement until his death at Seattle, Washington. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Bibliography
- The Company Clerk (1863)
- Customs of Service for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers (1864)
- Customs of Service for Officers (1866)
See also
- Wilson-Kautz Raid, which Kautz helped lead
- List of American Civil War generals (Union)
- Battles of the American Civil War
- Bibliography of Ulysses S. Grant
- Bibliography of the American Civil War
Notes
- ^ "Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.com.
- ISBN 978-0-918664-00-6.
- ^ "U.S. Army founds Fort Colville on June 20, 1859. - HistoryLink.org".
- ^ Fort Colville Military Log and Correspondence microfilms from NARA viewed at Colville Public Library
- ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 713
- ^ Eicher, 2001, pp. 327-328
- ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 708
References
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders, Louisiana State University Press, 1964, ISBN 0-8071-0822-7.
- Ezra Meeker, Pioneer Reminiscences of Puget Sound: The Tragedy of Leschi (Seattle, 1905).
- Martin Öfele, General August V. Kautz, Erinnerungen an den Bürgerkrieg, Verlag für Amerikanistik, ISBN 3-89510-049-8(Germany)
- Donald E. Worcester: The Apaches - ‚Eagles of the Southwest', University of Oklahoma Press, 1992, ISBN 0-8061-1495-9(Pg. 186-206)
- Dan L. Thrapp:Al Sieber: Chief of Scouts. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman 1964, ISBN 0-8061-2770-8(Pg. 48-49)
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- Forest Grove Indian School Roster (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qdgohxdBDCGO9YzKRBpDvAEG0LEkHtnMlzkoNKWp9cY/edit#gid=0)
Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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