| Augustus Perry Blocksom | |
| Birth Date: | 7 November 1854 |
| Birth Place: | Zanesville, Ohio |
| Death Place: | Miami, Florida |
| Placeofburial: | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance: | United States |
| Branch: | United States Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1877-1918 |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Servicenumber: | 0-13120 |
| Unit: | United States Cavalry |
| Commands: | 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry 3rd Squadron, 13th Cavalry 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry 3rd Squadron, 10th Cavalry 3rd Cavalry Regiment Camp Cody 34th Division Hawaiian Department |
| Battles: | Apache Wars Ghost Dance War Spanish–American War Philippine–American War China Relief Expedition Pancho Villa Expedition World War I |
| Awards: | Silver Citation Star (2) |
Augustus Perry Blocksom (November 7, 1854 - July 26, 1931) was an American Army officer, who served as a general during World War I.[1]
Blocksom was born on November 7, 1854, in Zanesville, Ohio.[2] He attended the United States Military Academy and graduated in the class of 1877.[2] [3]
Blocksom was commissioned as a second lieutenant of cavalry on June 15, 1877. He later received a brevet to first lieutenant for gallantry at Ash Creek, Arizona, on May 7, 1880. He served in campaigns against the Apaches in Arizona, which included patrolling the Arizona-New Mexico border,[3] and in the Sioux Campaign of 1890 and 1891.[2]
During the Spanish–American War, he was wounded in the attack on Battle of San Juan Hill and served from 1900 to 1902 in the Philippines.[2]
Blocksom, then a major, was charged with investigating the Brownsville raid of 1906 and stated that the enlisted soldiers there were uncooperative in his investigation.[4] Blocksom also reported that no positive identifications of the raiders had been made and that tensions in the community were high.[5]
He commanded a squadron of the Sixth Cavalry during the China Relief Expedition.[2]
He was promoted to major general on August 5, 1917. He was the commander of Camp Cody until April 18, 1918.[2] [6]
He retired on November 7, 1918.[2]
Blocksom retired to Miami, Florida, where he died on July 26, 1931.[2] He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Section 7, Lot 8005.