[2] Auman enlisted in the Union Army on September 11, 1861, within Company G of the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment at 22 years of age.

[3] Despite being honorably mustered out on July 17, 1865, Auman re-enlisted in the U.S. Army on May 11, 1866, as a second lieutenant within the 13th Infantry Regiment.

After rounding them all up, Auman approached a field piece within the post as the Natives were now 200 yards away from the camp and while attempting to activate it, received a serious gunshot wound in his left foot.

[5] Auman's forces also managed to capture the Spanish flag, block house and entrenchments.

[1][2] In 1866, Auman married Emma E. Rosengarten (1844–1919) and they proceeded to have five children together but three of them would die at an early age.

[4] He died on May 21, 1920, at Pasadena, California, and his ashes were interred at Arlington National Cemetery next to his wife on June 4, 1920.