CIVIL WAR CDV Col James D Graham U. S. E. C
Item History & Price
Reference Number: Avaluer:16408132 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
Photo by R.A. Miller Boston.
"Graham served during the American Civil War as superintendent of the united States Lake Survey, from August 30, 1861, to April 20, 1864; then as lighthouse engineer of the 10th and 11th Districts (comprising the Northern Lakes, , the 10th District from August 30, 1861, to April 20, 1864, and the 11th District from August 30, 1861, to March 1863. His loyalty to the Union was ques...tioned in 1864, and Graham was briefly under investigation and removed from his post. Graham served as superintending engineer of sea-walls in Boston harbor, and in charge of preservation and repairs of harbor works on the Atlantic coast from Maine to the Chesapeake from August 1, 1864, to December 28, 1865. He died in Boston on December 28, 1865, and is buried in Washington DC"
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