William Auman Brigadier General, United States Army |
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Auman of Pennsylvania
Appointed from Pennsylvania, Private, Company B, 25th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 18 April to 29 July1862 Corporal and Sergeant, Company G, 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 29 September 1862to 23 July 1864 Second Lieutenant, 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,24 July 1864 First Lieutenant, 12 September 1864 Captain, 4 June 1865 Breveted Captain of Volunteers, 2 April 1865, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, Virginia Honorably mustered out 17 July 1865 Second Lieutenant, 13th U. S. Infantry, 11 May 1866 First Lieuenant, 5 October 1867 Regimental Quartermaster, 1 January 1870 to 1 August 1871 Captain, 26 march 1879 Major, 26April 1898 Lieutenant Colonel, 21st U. S. Infantry, 7 September 1900 Transferred to the 13th U. S. Infantry, 11 March 1901 Colonel, 29th U. S. Infantry, 16 October 1901 Brigadier General, 16 April 1902 Retired 10 May 1902 Henry Auman came to this country as a British soldier, for the British crown. He was taken prisoner by General Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, and after the Revolutionary War settled in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was a great grandfather of the late Samuel and Lieutenant William Auman, of Pottsville, the latter of the United States army, retired and living in New York. May 17, 1868: Captain Wm. Auman (then a 1st lieutenant), in addition to being in command of B Company was the post quartermaster, and when the Indians appeared his first thought was to secure the government animals which were grazing a quarter of a mile from the post. Armed with a rifle he proceeded to the corral, mounted a horse, and accompanied by one of the teamsters rode out and secured the animals while the hostile Indians were within two hundred yards of the herd. After the animals had been put in the corral
he went where one of the field pieces had opened fire, and finding that
the piece was loaded with shell the fuse of which was uncut, he cut one
fuse with his pocket knife and started for the magazine for a fuse knife.
At this juncture he received a bullet wound in the left foot, the ball
passing through the instep and causing a most painful and serious wound.
AUMAN, BESSIE D/O GEN AUMAN
AUMAN, EMMA E
AUMAN, FRANK R S/O GEN AUMAN
AUMAN, WILLIE
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