Charles K. Graham
Charles Kinnaird Graham | |
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74th New York Infantry 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps 1st Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps 3rd Division, III Corps (temporary) Naval Brigade, XIII Corps | |
| Battles/wars | Mexican–American War American Civil War
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Charles Kinnaird Graham (June 3, 1824 – April 15, 1889)
Early years and education
Graham was born in New York City. He entered the Navy in October 1841, at the age of 17 and served as a midshipman in the Gulf of Mexico during the Mexican–American War, resigning his commission in May 1848.[1] Later he studied engineering and was for several years after 1857 constructing engineer of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. During this time he was a major, lieutenant colonel and, finally, colonel in the New York Militia.[1]
Civil War
At the outbreak of the
Upon his recovery, he was assigned by
On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Graham for appointment to the grade of brevet major general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.[3]
Postbellum career
After the war, Graham returned to New York and resumed the practice of civil engineering. From 1878 to 1883, he was surveyor of the port of New York.
He died of
See also
Notes
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 261.
- ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 722.
- ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 755.
References
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). "Graham, Charles Kinnaird". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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