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Felix Agnus was born on May 5, 1839 in Lyons, France, the son of Etienne and Anne (Bernerra) Agnus.
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Felix Agnus was born on May 5, 1839 in Lyons, France, the son of Etienne and Anne (Bernerra) Agnus.
Agnus attended the College of Jolie Clair near Montrouge for a while. Later he studied sculpture for three years.
Just after college, Agnus went to sea and in the course of four years sailed around the globe, visiting St. Helena, the west coast of Africa and the Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, Chile, and Peru, and returning to France by way of Cape Horn.
During the war with the Austrians he served in the 3rd Regiment of Zouaves, took part, May 20, 1859, in the battle of Montebello, and later was detailed to Garibaldi's corps in the Italian lakes region. Then he came to America, settling first in Newport, Rhode Island, and later finding a place with Tiffany & Co. in New York as a sculptor and chaser.
On May 9, 1861, less than a month after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, the young Frenchman donned the bright-hued uniform he had worn under Garibaldi and enlisted in the 5th New York Infantry. A month later, on June 10, he was in the battle of Big Bethel and distinguished himself by saving the life of Capt. Judson Kilpatrick. For this piece of gallantry he was shortly after made a second-lieutenant.
At Gaines's Mill, June 27, 1862, he was shot through the right shoulder. The injury caused the loss of the joint. In Baltimore, where he was sent to recuperate, he was the guest of Charles C. Fulton, proprietor of the Baltimore American.
With other convalescent officers he raised the 165th New York Zouaves, in which he was captain of the color company. This regiment garrisoned New Orleans and Baton Rouge in the winter of 1862-1863. On May 27, 1863, he was wounded during an assault on Port Hudson, and for his bravery during the action was later promoted to major. He was one of those who volunteered for the proposed final effort to take Port Hudson by storm.
Still later, as lieutenant-colonel, he commanded the 165th New York in the Shenandoah Valley under Sheridan, was brevetted colonel and brigadier-general on March 13, 1865, and was sent with his regiment to occupy Savannah and to dismantle various Confederate forts in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
On July 26, 1865, he resigned his commission. Soon afterward he went to work for his father-in-law and on July 4, 1869, was made business manager of the American. He managed the property successfully and on Fulton's death in 1883 became, under a deed of trust, publisher and sole manager.
On August 17, 1908, Agnus launched an evening paper, the Star. In November 1920 he sold both papers to Frank A. Munsey and retired from active business.
In the controversy over the relative deserts of Admirals Sampson and Schley he attracted national attention by his ardent championship of his friend Schley, whom he had met in front of Port Hudson forty years before.
Agnus served twice as a member of the Board of Visitors to West Point, was chairman of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Commission, and was a member of the commission that made itself famous by building and furnishing the Baltimore Court-house with the money appropriated for the building alone.
He wrote short stories and was fond of dispensing the hospitality of his country estate in Green Spring Valley.
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He was active in Republican politics, though never a candidate for office.
On December 13, 1864 Agnus married Annie, the daughter of Charles C. Fulton, proprietor of the Baltimore American. She died in March 1922.
