Auger was born in 1821 in Kendall, NY.  He was a career army officer, graduating from West Point in 1843.  He was a veteran of the Mexican War, and numerous frontier skirmishes.  He was wounded at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia, in August, 1862.  General Auger commanded a division which occupied the center of the Union lines at Port Hudson.  His troops were involved in the Battle of Plains Store on May 21, 1863, and were part of the large-scale assaults on the Confederate lines on May 27th and June 14th.  After the battle of May 27th, he was put in command of the entire Union left flank. He was the officer in charge of the escort of President Lincoln's body from the Peterson House to the White House after the President's assassination on the evening of April 14, 1865.  Auger retired from the Regular Army in 1885 with the rank of Brigadier General.  He died in 1898 in Washington, D.C.

This carte-de-visite features a seated Auger in full regalia.  The image is in good condition, with light development-related imperfection in frame.  The photo is mounted to a common card with double gold borders, but the bottom has been trimmed 0.3”.  All edges and corners are otherwise sharp and the bottom cutting was done very cleanly. The reverse is clean and bears a photographer back mark reading “Published by E & H.T. ANTHONY / 501 Broadway / New York / FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVE / IN / BRADY’S / National Portrait Gallery”.  A small penciled notation reads “Auger”.

Auger is an uncommonly featured Civil War personality, making this a rare chance to add Auger to your Civil War image collection.  [cm] [ph:L]

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