On Pinkard's Tombstone is the inscription
Soldier, Rest, Thy Warfare O'er
Sir Walter Scott

Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er,
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking;
Dream of battled fields no more,
Days of danger, nights of waking.
In our isle's enchanted hall,
Hands unseen thy couch are strewing,
Fairy strains of music fall,
Every sense in slumber dewing.
Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er,
Dream of fighting fields no more:
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
Morn of toil, nor night of waking.

No rude sound shall reach thine ear,
Armour's clang, or war-steed champing,
Trump nor pibroch summon here
Mustering clan, or squadron tramping;
Yet the lark's shrill fife may come
At the day-break from the fallow,
And the bittern sound his drum,
Booming from the sedgy shallow.
Ruder sounds shall none be near,
Guards nor warders challenge here,
Here's no war-steed's neigh and champing,
Shouting clans, or squadrons stamping.

Huntsman, rest! thy chase is done;
While our slumbrous spells assail ye,
Dream not, with the rising sun,
Bugles here shall sound reveille.
Sleep! the deer is in his den;
Sleep! thy hounds are by thee lying;
Sleep! nor dream in yonder glen
How thy gallant steed lay dying.
Huntsman, rest! thy chase is done,
Think not of the rising sun,
For at dawning to assail ye,
Here no bugles sound reveille.

The below files are in the National Archives
There may be more information in the National Archives.

1. Declaration for an Original Invalid Pension, September 7, 1889
   Date of Service, Company & Regiment, Enlistment and Discharge Locations, Occupation, Residence,
   Age, Height, Complexion, Hair, Eyes; John S. Brannon & Wm. Lynch
   

2. Origin of Disability, November 29, 1889
   Rank, Age, Residence, Taken sick in Camp at Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV; David Heckert.
   John Wanstreet, Notary Public
   
3. Physician's Oath of Treatment, December 9, 1889
   J.C.Lawson, M.D.
   
4. Bureau of Pension's Statement of Service and Disability, January 15, 1890
   No. 729793, Disabled Winter of 1864
   
5. Records and Pension Medical Records show "No Record Found" January 17, 1890
   No Medical Records found by Record and Pension Division
   
6. Pension Claim, January 23, 1890
   Signed by Pinkard Brannon; Addresses mentioned, Leopold, Doddridge Co.,WV
   and Troy,Gilmer Co., WV. Recooperated at local home while in U.S.Army;
   Dr. Charles Zahn; Dr. Jef Waugh of Lewis County, WV;
   Dr. John McWhorter, Troy, Gilmer Co.; Dr. Lawson, Auburn, Ritchie Co., WV;
   Dr. Hughes, Troy, Gilmer Co., WV. Notarized by John Wanstreet.
   
7. Application for Invalid Pension under New Law, July 5, 1890
   Dates of Service, Residence, Occupation, Age, Height, Complexion, Hair, Eyes.
   Diability: Disease of heart and liver and resulting constipation.
   Bernard A. Maybury residing in St.Clara, Doddridge Co, WV; Joseph Wanstreet residing at Leopold,
   Doddridge County, WV. Signed by Pinkard Brannon. Notarized by John Wanstreet.
   
8. Statement of Pinkard Brannon, February 25, 1895
   Residence, (It names four friends)P. M. Moneypenny and David Heckert. Timothy Vanhorn
   and Albert Vanhorn. Signed by Pinkard Brannon. Notarized by C. F. Law.
   
9. Bureau of Pension Requesting Marriage and Children, June 4, 1898
   Certificate No. 554295 (different from above 729793). Pinkard states the children of Eliza and himself;
   signed by Pinkard Brannon. The dates of the children are mostly all wrong beginning with Malinda
   and Henry, the two first-born, as they were both in the 1850 Louisa County, VA census.
   
10. Declaration for Pension, March 18,1907 No. 554295
    Note: Different Claim Number. Age, Residence, Military Service and Dates; Occupation; Physical
    Attributes. Signed by Pinkard Brannon. Attested to by W. H. Kesiter, Conings, and H. Greathouse,
    Conings, WV. Notarized by C. F. Law
    
11. Letter from M. C. Czigan, January 5, 1915
    M.C.Czigan, General Merchant and Undertaker, R.R.1, Auburn, R.D.1, WV (Ritchie County).
    Mr.Czigan signs his name M.C.Czigan,Undertaker,Spurgeon Auburn RD1 WV
    He states Pinkard died at home in Troy District of Gilmer Co., WV. He states Pinkard's age in years,
    months and days. I use only one date for Pinkard's birthdate and stick with it because there are so many
    dates floating around, as well as his own tombstone is off by several years and states two dates.
    "Born 1819 or 1820"
    
12. Bureau of Pensions No. 554295, January 18, 1915
    Pinkard Brannon was last paid $20 to June 14, 1914.
    
13. Certificate of Death
    I am posting this "Certificate of Death" as a lesson in genealogy as to how not to request a death
    certificate. Pinkard's Certificate of Death states that it is in Book No. 2, Page B-Year 1915 if
    anyone wishes to view it there, copy it, and/or send it to me for inclusion here.
    

A copy of my request for Pinkard Brannon's Pension Records