Brainard Elisha Gould

He enlisted in Mobile as Private, Company G, 8th Alabama Infantry on 25 May 1861. He was promoted to 2nd Sergeant after February 1862.

He was with his Company in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 and was later cited for bravery there on a regimental Roll of Honor.

He was in a hospital in Richmond, VA from November 1862 into January 1863. By the battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 he commanded the Company as senior man present. Colonel Herbert recommended him for a commission in December 1863 "for gallantry at the battle of Sharpsburg" and for being "conspicuous" at Salem Church and Gettysburg. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 5 February 1864 (to date from 24 December 1863). He was admitted to a Richmond hospital with a gunshot on 22 June 1864 and furloughed for 40 days from Howard's Grove Hospital there on 7 (or 12) July. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865.

His service from his Compiled Service Record (CSR) at the US National Archives via fold3 and Colonel Herbert's History.1 Personal details from family genealogists. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Sarah Louise Carter (1842-1911) in February 1867 in Mississippi, and they had a daughter, Lora (1868-1955).

03/06/1838; Dixmont, ME

10/20/1891; Meridian, MS; burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Meridian, MS