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Charles Kinnaird Graham was born on June 3, 1824, in the city of New York.
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Charles Kinnaird Graham was born on June 3, 1824, in the city of New York.
Graham entered the navy as a midshipman in 1841, served in the Gulf Squadron during the war with Mexico, and resigned in 1848. He studied both law and engineering and elected to follow the latter profession, although he qualified to practise law and was duly licensed.
Graham was one of the surveyors employed in laying out Central Park and in 1857, became constructing engineer at the Brooklyn navy yard, where he built the dry docks and landings.
On the report of the bombardment of Fort Sumter he immediately enrolled for military service, taking some four hundred of the navy-yard workmen with him.
He was appointed major of the 1st Regiment of the “Excelsior Brigade, ” raised by Daniel E. Sickles, promoted lieutenant-colonel, and then appointed colonel of the 5th Regiment of the same brigade, pending acceptance for federal service.
The regiment was mustered in October 15, 1861, and designated as the 74th New York. Graham was mustered out in April 1862 but was reappointed in May and served through the Peninsular campaign, fighting at Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, and in other battles.
Invalided home, he was employed on recruiting duty until well enough to return to service in the field. In March 1863, he became brigadier-general of volunteers, with rank antedated to November 29, 1862.
He commanded a brigade of the III Corps at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. On the second day at Gettysburg, he was wounded in the head during the heavy fighting in the Peach Orchard, was captured, and was sent as a prisoner to Richmond, where he remained until exchanged in September 1863.
In November, he joined Butler’s Army of the James, where he was assigned to the command of the naval brigade and of the flotilla of army gunboats. With these he made many expeditions up the James and in adjacent waters, on one of which he burned the house, near Fredericksburg, of the brother of the Confederate secretary of war, James Alexander Seddon.
For this the responsibility rests on Butler, who ordered it, as he reported, in retaliation for the burning of Montgomery Blair’s house by Early.
Graham was mustered out August 24, 1865, and resumed the practise of his profession in New York.
He was chief engineer of the dock department, 1873-75, surveyor of the port, 1878-83, and naval officer of the port, 1883-85.
At the time of his death, which took place at Lakewood, New Jersey, he was engineer for the New York board of commissioners for Gettysburg monuments.
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Charles was married to Mary Graham.