Customs Of Service For Non-Commissioned Officers And Soldiers: As Derived From Law And Regulations And Practiced In The Army Of The United States (1864)
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August Valentine Kautz was a German-born American soldier and author. He started his military career as lieutenant in the regular army and rose to the rank of brigadier-general in 1891.
Background
August Valentine Kautz was born on January 5, 1828 in Ispringen, Baden, Germany, the son of George and Doratha (Lalwing) Kautz. His brother, Albert Kautz (1839 - 1907), became an admiral in the United States Navy. The same year in which the elder son was born, the parents emigrated, and after a stop in Baltimore, settled in 1832 in Brown County, Ohio.
Education
Kautz attended public school in Georgetown, Ohio. In 1848, he entered the United States Military Academy, graduating four years later.
Career
On June 8, 1846, Kautz enlisted in the 1st Ohio Infantry, and served through the Mexican War. In 1852 he was assigned to the 4th Infantry at Vancouver Barracks, Washington. Here, with almost constant field service against Puget Sound Indians, he was wounded in a skirmish October 25, 1855, in the Rogue River Expedition, and again wounded, March 1, 1856, in an action at White River.
Becoming a first lieutenant during this period, with the beginning of the Civil War he was made a captain in the newly organized 6th Cavalry, and participated in the Peninsular campaign (March-August 1862), most of the time being in command of his regiment. On September 10, he was promoted to colonel, 2nd Ohio Cavalry, and after some months in command of Camp Chase, Ohio, commanded the 1st Cavalry Brigade in the action at Monticello, Kentucky, June 9, 1863, and took part in the subsequent pursuit and capture of Morgan and his raiders.
Appointed chief of cavalry of the XXIII Army Corps, Kautz took part in the East Tennessee campaign, including the siege of Knoxville; and was made a brigadier-general of volunteers, May 7, 1864, becoming for a time, chief of cavalry for the Department of Virginia, and from April 1864 to March 1865, commanding a cavalry division with the Army of the James. As division commander he participated in important operations against the Petersburg & Weldon, the Richmond & Danville, and the Petersburg & Lynchburg railroads, culminating in an assault on Petersburg, June 9, 1864. Subsequently he led the advance of Wilson's raid south of Richmond, with actions at Roanoke Bridge, June 25, and at Reams's Station, Virginia, June 29, 1864. On October 7 following, while covering the left flank of the Army of the James, he suffered severe casualties at Darbytown. He received, for gallantry, the successive brevets of major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel, brigadier-general and major-general in the Regular Army, and major-general of volunteers.
On April 3, 1865, as commander of the 1st Division, XXV Corps (colored), he entered the city of Richmond with his troops. In May and June 1865 Kautz was a member of the military commission which tried the conspirators in the assassination of President Lincoln. He was mustered out of the volunteer service, January 15, 1866. In the army reorganization of this year, he became lieutenant-colonel, 34th Infantry. By the army consolidation of 1869, he was assigned to the 15th Infantry in New Mexico, and successfully brought back to their reservation the Mescalero Apaches. He was promoted colonel, 8th Infantry, June 7, 1874, and after various stations in the West and Southwest, was appointed a brigadier-general, April 20, 1891, and commanded the Department of the Columbia until retirement, January 5, 1892--making his home in Seattle, Washington, where he died, highly honored by the community.
Kautz was a great person, methodical, industrious, possessed of unusual energy and powers of endurance.
Connections
Kautz was twice married: in September 1865, to Charlotte, daughter of Governor David Tod of Ohio, and in 1872, to Fannie Markbreit of Cincinnati, Ohio. A son and two daughters were born of his second marriage.