Charles K. Graham
| Charles Kinnaird Graham | |
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| Born |
June 3, 1824 New York City, New York |
| Died | April 15, 1889 (aged 64) Lakewood, New Jersey |
| Place of burial | Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Navy United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1841 - 1848 (Navy) 1861 - 1865 (Army) |
| Rank |
 Midshipman (Navy) Brigadier General (Army) Brevet Major General
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| Commands held |
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
Charles Kinnaird Graham (June 3, 1824 – April 15, 1889) was a sailor in the antebellum United States Navy, attorney, and later a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As a civil engineer, he helped plan and lay out Central Park in New York City.
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. Later he studied engineering and was for several years after 1857 constructing engineer of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
At the outbreak of the American Civil War he entered the Union Army as colonel of the 74th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, of one of the regiments of the "Excelsior Brigade". He resigned in 1862 but was restored to the colonelcy of the regiment during the Peninsula Campaign. On November 29, 1862 he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers and assumed command of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps. At the Battle of Chancellorsville he commanded the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps. Upon the mortal wounding of Amiel W. Whipple, Graham assumed command of the 3rd Division, III Corps on the last day of the battle. He returned to command the 1st Brigade, 1st Division in June during the Gettysburg Campaign. During the Battle of Gettysburg, Graham's brigade defended the Union position along the Emmitsburg Road, particularly the area of the Sherfy peach orchard. He was wounded in the hip and shoulders on July 2 and taken prisoner by the Confederates. He was sent to a prison camp in Richmond until he was exchanged (for James L. Kemper) on September 19, 1863.
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