William Montrose Graham
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William Montrose Graham (September 28, 1834 – January 16, 1916) was a
career soldier in the United States Army, reaching the rank of major general. He was a veteran of both the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War
.
Biography
Graham was born in
11th U.S. Infantry at Molino del Rey
.
Graham was commissioned into the
1st Regiment of Artillery in 1855, and earned two rapid promotions to captain
with the outbreak of the Civil War.
During the war, he was cited for gallantry during the
1st U.S. Light Artillery, Battery K, was, from 1863, part of the famed U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade
.
Graham served with the
2nd District of Columbia Infantry Regiment. Awarded his final brevet of the war, to brigadier general
in the Regular Army, he mustered out of the volunteers in September and returned to the regular service.
He remained in the Army after the war, serving with the 4th and 5th Artillery, rising to the rank of brigadier general in the Regular Army (May 26, 1897). At the start of the
U.S. Volunteers. After brief service in command of the Second Army Corps at Camp Alger and Camp Meade
, he retired from the Regular Army on his 64th birthday, and was honorably mustered out of the volunteers on November 30, 1898.
In 1898 he became a companion of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.
He died in Wardour, Maryland, on January 16, 1916, and was buried at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.[2]
Personal
Graham married Mary Brewerton Ricketts, daughter of
See also
References
- ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XVII. James T. White & Company. 1920. pp. 394–395. Retrieved January 4, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Graham". The Washington Post. January 18, 1916. p. 3. Retrieved January 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- NCPedia. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- Heitman, Francis B., Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, From its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903.
- U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1894.
External links
- Camp Mead in Middletown Borough, Pennsylvania.
- American Memory: Selected Civil War Photographs. Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. Washington, D.C.
- Historic Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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