Charles Gilbert Gould

Charles Gilbert Gould was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Gould was born in Windham County, Vermont, on May 5, 1845. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on April 2, 1865, while serving as a captain with Company H, 5th [Vermont Infantry], at Petersburg, Virginia. His Medal of Honor was issued on July 30, 1890. He was breveted to the rank of major and, after the war, became a companion of the Vermont Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
He died at the age of 71, on December 5, 1916, and was buried at the Windham Center Cemetery in Windham, Vermont.