★ Graham, Lawrence P.

Lawrence Pike Graham​

Born: January 8, 1815

Birthplace: Amelia County, Virginia

Father: William Graham 1757 – 1845

Mother: Ann Hartley 1768 – 1851

Wife: Julia Hutchinson 1815 – 1903

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Children:

Lt. James Duncan Graham 1843 – 1868​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

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Charles McDougall Graham 1850 – 1865​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Occupation before War:

2nd​ Lt. United States Army Dragoons​

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Served in the Seminole War in Florida​

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1st​ Lt. United States Army Dragoons​

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Captain United States Army Dragoons​

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Won Brevet in the Mexican – American War​

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1858 – 1864: Major United States Army Dragoons​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​

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1862: Served in the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia​

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Chief of Cavalry for camp of Instruction in Annapolis, Maryland​

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President of General Court Martial in St. Louis, Missouri​

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President of board of examination of invalid officers in Annapolis, Maryland​

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1864 – 1870: Colonel of United States Army, 4th​ Cavalry Regiment

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1865: Mustered out of Volunteer service on August 24th​​

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1865: Brevetted to the rank of Brigadier General for Service​

Occupation after War:

1864 – 1870: Colonel of United States Army 4th​ Cavalry Regiment​

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1870: Retired from United States Army on December 15th​​

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1870 – 1905: Accomplished Shakespearean Scholar Washington, D.C.​

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1905: Suffered from fracture of the left hip in July​

Died: September 12, 1905

Place of Death: Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C.

Cause of Death: exhaustion and result of the fracture

Age at time of Death: 90 years old

Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

 

[John Hartwell]

Boston Globe, 13September 1905:

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy early (January 8th) Birthday Brig. General Lawrence P. Graham! Salutes remembering General Graham on his birthday weekend.

 

[Pollaco]

The only one of 4 brothers who did not attend West Point, but yet was still commissioned directly into the dragoons?

 

[Pollaco]

Soon after Yorktown he relinquished command of his brigade due to health reasons.Another bio states he fell ill and took no farther part in the Peninsula Campaign. What exactly was his "health reason"?

 

[GELongstreet]

He was commissioned during the 2nd Seminole War, into a regiment that was rather new, that got lots of new men and suffered casualties (including officers) in combat. Direct commissions were very common back in the day, particularly during army expansions and/or wartime.

According to Medical Histories of Union Generals it was typhoid fever.

 

[Stryker65]

He seems to have been well-regarded. Surprised he never received a promotion, even on the retired list -- an officer of his standing and experience I would have thought to have received something.