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| Born | 14 January 1842 Hartford, Connecticut |
| Died | 3 May 1913 (aged 71) Washington, D.C. |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/ |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1863, 1865–1904 |
| Rank |  Brigadier General |
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| Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia | |
| In office 27 January 1888 – 14 February 1890[1] | |
| President | Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison |
| Preceded by | William Ludlow |
| Succeeded by | Henry Martyn Robert |
Charles Walker Raymond (14 January 1842 – 3 May 1913) was a United States Army civil engineer and brigadier general. In 1869, he was the first U.S. government representative to visit the Yukon River Valley after the 1867 Alaska Purchase. Raymond later supervised the design engineering for the National Harbor of Refuge breakwater near the mouth of the Delaware River and the New York Tunnel Extension project for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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