Papers, 1862-1897.

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Papers, 1862-1897.

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Correspondence and memoir; 1862-1897, bulk 1862-1866, of Civil War soldier Sergeant Joseph Lawrence Pollard, Co. I, 26th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Gen. A. P. Hill's division). Letters were written by Pollard to his wife Martha Elizabeth 'Pat' (Hutchinson Pollard at 'Rosewood' in the upper part of King and Queen County, Va. Letters describe camp life and respond to his wife's news of family and home. Letters were written from Gloucester Point, camp near Richmond, Chaffin's Bluff, Chattanooga, Tenn., Burton's Farm, in the trenches near Petersburg, and a camp near Hatcher's Run. Also includes typescripts of letters and two typescript memoirs about Civil War battles. An addition to the collection (Mss. Acc. 2000.52) is a photocopy of an account of the Battle of Midway by Joseph P. Pollard, Fllight Surgeon in the Medical Corps, United States Navy.

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 26th

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Pollard, Joseph P. (Joseph Percival), 1898-

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Pollard, Joseph Lawrence.

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Sergeant Joseph Lawrence Pollard of King and Queen County, Va. served in Co. I, 26th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Gen. A. P. Hill's division) during the Civil War. He saw action primarily in Virginia, but also in Tennessee. From the description of Papers, 1862-1897. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 191881759 ...