Background
Brainard, David Legge was born on December 21, 1856 in Norway, New York, United States. Son of Alanson and Maria C. (Legge) Brainard.
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Brainard, David Legge was born on December 21, 1856 in Norway, New York, United States. Son of Alanson and Maria C. (Legge) Brainard.
Educated State Normal School, Cortland, New New York
Brainard enlisted in the United States Army in September, 1876, serving at Fort Keogh, Montana Territory during the Great Sioux War of 1876. On May 7, 1877, Brainard fought in the Battle of Little Muddy Creek, Montana, where he was Wounded in action in the face and right hand. He also served during the Nez Perce War and Bannock War of 1877 and 1878 under Colonel Nelson Appleton Miles, in Montana.
Arctic exploration
In 1880, he volunteered and was selected for the Howgate Expedition, which was canceled.
However, the next year he was detailed as first sergeant for the ill-fated Lady Franklin Bay Expedition under Adolphus Greely. Over the three years of this expedition he continuously kept a journal.
Brainard wrote of his passing on April 9, 1884:
Lieutenant Lockwood became unconscious early this morning and at 4:30 p.m. breathed his last.
This will be a sad blow to his family who evidently idolized him.
To me it is also a sorrowful event. He had been my companion during long and eventful excursions, and my feeling toward him was akin to that of a brother. Biederbick and myself straightened his limps and prepared his remains for burial.
This was the saddest duty I have ever yet been called upon to perform.
Shortly before rescue, in the spring of 1884, freezing, starving and suffering from scurvy, he wrote:
Our own condition is so wretched, so palpably miserable, that death would be welcomed rather than feared. Brainard was one of only six survivors rescued by Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley on June 22, 1884.
On that day, he was reportedly too weak to hold his pencil to make a note in his log. He was awarded the Back Grant by the Royal Geographical Society in 1885.
Later military career
Brainard was commissioned second lieutenant in the 2nd Cavalry in 1886 "as recognition of the gallant and meritorious services rendered by him in the Arctic expedition of 1881–1884." He then had the distinction of being the only living (active or retired) officer in the United States. Army commissioned for specific services.
He served as Chief Commissary of the Military Forces in the Philippines during the Spanish–American War in 1898. He was actively involved in The Explorers Club serving as the 4th president from 1912 to 1913. After being promoted to brigadier general in 1917, he served as Military Attaché of the United States Embassy in Portugal from 1918 until his retirement from the Army in 1919.
Only two medals would be awarded for the American Indian Wars.
He was the last survivor of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, the second-last member having died in 1935.
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Fellow American Geography Society. Member National Geography Society. Clubs: Explorers, Military-Naval (New York).
Married Sara H. Guthrie, June 1917.