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Civil War Soldiers - Kautz
Kautz, August V., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Ispringen, Baden, Germany, Jan. 5, 1828. He
immigrated to this country with his parents when a small boy, settling
in Ohio, served in the Mexican war as a private in the 1st Ohio
volunteer regiment, and, at the close of the war was appointed cadet
at West Point, where he was graduated in 1852. He was assigned as 2nd
lieutenant to the 4th infantry and served in the northwest, being
wounded during the Rogue river hostilities of 1853-55, and again on
Puget sound in 1856. He was promoted 1st lieutenant in 1855, captain
in the 6th U. S. cavalry in 1861, and in 1862 became colonel of the
2nd Ohio volunteer cavalry. Being ordered with his regiment to Camp
Chase, Ohio, to remount and refit, he commanded that place from Dec,
1862, till April, 1863, when he led a cavalry brigade into Kentucky
and participated in the capture of Monticello, May 1, and in thwarting
Morgan's raid and effecting his capture in July. He served with the
Army of the Ohio as chief of cavalry of the 23d corps, was made
brigadier-general of volunteers, May 7, 1864, was given command of the
cavalry division of the Army of the James, and won the brevet of
lieutenant-colonel, having previously been brevetted major for
gallantry, by entering Petersburg with his small force of cavalry on
June 9. He then led the advance of the Wilson raid, which cut the
roads leading to Richmond from the south, for more than forty days,
and as commander of the 1st division, 25th army corps, he took part in
the movement leading to the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox, and
led his division of colored troops into the city of Richmond, April 3,
1865. He was brevetted colonel in the regular army, Oct. 7, 1864, for
gallantry in action on the Darbytown road ; brigadier-general and
major-general U. S. A. March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious
service in the field during the war, and major-general of volunteers,
Oct. 28, 1864, for gallant and meritorious service in the campaign
against Richmond. Gen. Kautz was mustered out of the volunteer
service, Jan. 15, 1866, and in July of that year was made
lieutenant-colonel of the 34th U. S. infantry, being assigned later to
the 15th infantry, which he commanded in the Mescalero Apache
campaign, succeeding in establishing the Indians in their
reservations. He was promoted colonel of the 8th infantry in 1874, was
commander of the Department of Arizona, 1875-77; stationed at Angel
island, Cal., 1878-86, and then at Niobrara, Neb., 1886-90. He was
appointed brigadier-general in the regular establishment, April 20,
1891, was retired Jan. 5, 1892, and died in Seattle, Wash., Sept. 4,
1895. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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