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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William Pollard

(c. 1844 - 1864)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 35th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1860 he was a 16 (13?) year old living with his parents, 4 siblings, and 21 slaves on their farm at Hamilton in Harris County, GA. He enlisted there on 4 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company K of the 35th Georgia Infantry.

On the Campaign

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD, sick, on 10 September 1862, left behind, and captured there.

The rest of the War

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to about 19 September, then sent to Fort McHenry in Baltimore by 3 December. He was transferred to Fortress Monroe, VA for exchange on 8 December and was admitted to the CS General Hospital in Petersburg, VA on 10 December 1862. He was furloughed from the hospital on 22 March 1863 for 40 days.

He was killed in action at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 12 May 1864.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Military Service Records,1 via fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

Birth

c. 1844 in GA

Death

05/12/1864; Spotsylvania Court House, VA

Notes

1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 34252]

2 National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Confederates In Frederick List , Published 2026, first accessed 28 March 2026, <https://www.civilwarmed.org/explore/primary-sources/databases/confederates-in-frederick-list/>, Source page: #286 [AotW citation 34253]

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