 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akakwidziridzwa kuva brigadier general wevazvipiri musi waApril 16, 1864, Kautz akatungamira basa revatasvi vemabhiza pasi peMaj. Gen. Benjamin Butler panguva yemishandirapamwe yaUlysses S. Grant kurwisa Richmond nePetersburg pakati paApril naJune 1864. Boka rake revatasvi vemabhiza raiva chikamu cheArmy of the James uye rakamanikidzwa kubva panzvimbo yaro paWhites Tavernpashure pokurwiswa nezvikamu zveConfederate Lt. General Richard H. Andersons Corps. Musi waDecember 12, 1864, Mutungamiri Abraham Lincoln akasarudza Kautz kuti asarudzwe kuti ave mukuru mukuru wemauto ezvokuzvipira, kubva musi waOctober 28, 1864, uye Senate yeUnited States yakasimbisa kusarudzwa musi waFebruary 14, 1865. Akadzingwa muuto rokuzvipira musi waJanuary 15, 1866. Musi waChikunguru 17, 1866, Mutungamiri Andrew Johnson vakasarudza Kautz kuti vasarudzwe kuti vagadzire brevet grade yevakuru vakuru, U.S. Army, kuti vaite kubva munaKurume 13, 1865, uye Seneti yeU.S. yakasimbisa kusarudzwa musi waChikunguru 23, 1866. 