Brandon was a lawyer in Elizabeth City, NC in the 1860 census. He enlisted May 8, 1861 as a private in the Camden Knights, Co. C of the 1st AR Infantry, the same company joined by Christopher Thrower, R-MC Class of 1859. He was appointed 2nd lieutenant on July 25, 1862. Brandon was taken prisoner at Jackson, MS on May 15, 1863 and paroled at Demopolis, AL on June 5, 1863. He submitted his letter of resignation on December 1, 1863 in Abbeville, AL because he was suffering from tuberculosis, and his resignation was accepted January 11, 1864.
In 1863, he married the sister of R-MC alumni John W. Anthony and Benjamin Haden Anthony, who had married Brandon's sister, and after leaving the service resided at her family estate, Walnut Hill, near Evington, VA. Brandon died on April 28, 1866 and is believed to be buried in the Anthony Family Cemetery in Campbell County, VA
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