Captain James W. Graham
Soldiers:
From Murray’s 1903 History: GRAHAM, CAPT. JAMES W., born in the Province of Quebec, Can., April 25,1842; removed with his mother to Connecticut in Dec, 1852, his father having died when James was but two years of age. The boy had attended school in Canada and continued his studies after becoming a resident of Connecticut. He enlisted into Company G, First Connecticut Volunteers, April 23, 1861, and participated in the first battle of Bull Run.
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His term of service having expired in that regiment, he enlisted into the Tenth Connecticut Volunteers and joined the company commanded by Capt. Fred. Frye. He was transferred with that company to the Ninth regiment, C. V., Capt. Frye becoming major of the Ninth. The company became Company I of the Ninth, and Elliot M. Curtis being made captain of the same. Graham was mustered as a sergeant and was made first sergeant in April, 1862. |
He was commissioned second lieutenant of Company I, subsequently became first lieutenant of the company and was, for a period, acting adjutant of the regiment. He was commissioned captain of Company D, Ninth battalion, C. V., in Dec. 1864. In May, 1865, Capt. Graham was appointed, on the staff of Gen. M. S. Little-field, as provost marshal of Hilton Head, S. C, and served in that capacity until relieved to be mustered out. He became a lawyer and was admitted to the bar, in Massachusetts, Oct. 16, 1873. For many years past, he has been engaged in journalism and is now editor and principal owner of the Evening Mail, Malden, Mass.
Records indicate that Captain Graham was a resident of Berlin, CT at the time he enlisted.
Cpl John Alexander
Pvt Albert Andrews
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QM Nathan Bennett
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Sgt William Brown
Pvt Dominick Burns
Sgt Bernard Caffrey
Col Thomas W. Cahill
Pvt John I. Cain
Pvt Ambrose Carney
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Pvt John Carroll
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Cpl Michael P. Coen
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Lt John Curtis
Mus Dennis Deegan
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Pvt Daniel Farrell
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Pvt Patrick Flanagan
Mjr Frederick Frye
Surg Charles Gallagher
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Sgt Daniel Gallagher
Lt William Gleeson
Capt James Graham
Sgt Malachi Hackett
Pvt John Hazlett
Prin Muc John Healy
Lt Col John G Healy
Pvt Edward Heffernan
Sgt Daniel Heffernan
Capt James Hennessey
Pvt Michael Horrigan
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Pvt Martin Joyce
Pvt Patrick Kane
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Pvt John Marlow
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Chap Daniel Mullen
Sgt James T. Mullen
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