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Charles Gilbert Gould (May 5, 1845 – December 5, 1916) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. [ 1 ] Gould was born in Windham County, Vermont on May 5, 1845.
The 5th Vermont Infantry Regiment was a three years' infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Organized at St. Albans and mustered in September 16, 1861, it served in the Army of the Potomac (AoP). [1] It departed Vermont for Washington, DC, September 23, 1861.
Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into an abolitionist family from the Boston upper class , he accepted command of the first all- black regiment (the 54th Massachusetts ) in the Northeast.
Medal of Honor winner Charles Gilbert Gould: Charles G. Gould: Army: Captain: Company H, 5th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment: Third Battle of Petersburg, Virginia: Apr 2, 1865: For extraordinary heroism on 2 April 1865, in action at Petersburg, Virginia.
The 54th Massachusetts was a major force in the pioneering of African American civil war regiments, with 150 all-black regiments being raised after the raising of the 54th Massachusetts. [ 3 ] The unit began recruiting in February 1863 and trained at Camp Meigs on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts . [ 4 ]
Charles Fessenden Morse (September 22, 1839 – December 11, 1926) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War and, afterward, an influential businessman and civic leader in Kansas City, Missouri.
The 2nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1] Major George H. Gordon [note 1] (later Brigadier General), a West Point graduate and veteran of the Mexican–American War, organized the unit's recruitment and formation.
Captain Joseph R. Gould and Lieutenant Sylvester S. Dillman were slain while leading their men in the hottest of the fight; Adjutant Daniel W. Camp, Lieutenants W.W. Edgington, and Royal S. Williams were wounded. The entire loss of the regiment was seventy-four, killed, wounded, and captured, there being only three captured.