Three-quarter length standing portrait of General Charles K. Graham (1824-1889) in uniform. Albumen CDV. New York & Washington, D.C.: Mathew Brady. Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries imprint to mount recto and verso. Contemporary ink inscription identifies Graham to mount recto and continues on the verso: "Woulded + taken prisoner at Gettysburg July 2d 1863". 

A sailor in the United States Navy, civil engineer, and colonel in the New York Militia before the war, Charles Kinnaird Graham was well-suited to command when the Civil War erupted. He was appointed Colonel of the 74th New York Infantry, one of the regiments in the Excelsior Brigade. 

He most notably commanded troops during the Battle of Gettysburg, defending the Union position in the Peach Orchard along Emmitsburg Road. On the second day of battle, he was wounded in the hip and shoulders and taken prisoner. Thereafter, he was confined at Richmond before he was exchanged on September 19th. 

After his recovery, he was given command of a gunboat flotilla on the James River dubbed the "Naval Brigade." They fought at the First Battle of Fort Fisher, engaged in the defenses of Bermuda Hundred, and garissoned Norfolk, Virginia. 

A fine wartime portrait of General Graham. 

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