Pollard Family Papers
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Scope and Contents
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, Virginia. 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, Tennessee, 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.
Finally, a typescript account of the Battle of Midway during World War II by Joseph P. Pollard, a Navy flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps is also available.
2000.52 Addition combined with 2000 P76 as folder 5.
Dates
- Creation: 1862-1945
Creator
- Pollard, Joseph Lawrence (Person)
- Pollard, Joseph P. , M.D. (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Biographical Information:
Sergeant Joseph Lawrence Pollard of King and Queen County, Virginia served in Co. I, 26th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (General. A. P. Hill's division) during the Civil War. He saw action primarily in Virginia, but also in Tennessee.
Joseph P. Pollard was a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps during World War II.
Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Custodial History
This collection was formerly titled the Joseph Lawrence Pollard Papers. The title was changed to more accurately reflect the contents originating from two different family members. January 2019, Karen King
Acquisition Information:
Gift 2000.52 also a gift from Joseph P. Pollard.
Physical Description
59 items.
Processing Information:
Processed by Ellen Strong in 2000.
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Battle of Hatcher's Run, Feb. 1865
- Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 26th
- King and Queen County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Siege of Petersburg, Va. (Richmond-Petersburg Campaign), 1864-1865
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area
- SC 01195_Letter, Jennie Hutchinson to Dear Sister Martha, 1860 May 16
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1862 February 11 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1862 May 19 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1862 May 26 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1862 June 6 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1862 June 20 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1862 August 3 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1862 August 12 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1862 September 28 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1862 October 5 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1862 December 23 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 January 23 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 February 8 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 March 1
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 March 22 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 April 18 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 May 9 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 May 12 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 May 18 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 May 31
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 June 5 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 June 12
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1863 November 16 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1864 March 6 (typescript)
- SC 01995_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1864 August 13 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1864 September 12 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Hutchinson to Pollard?, 1864 October 22 (typescript)
- SC 00195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1864 November 2 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1864 December 15 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1864 December 20
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1864 December 27 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1865 January 5
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1865 January 15 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1865 January 19
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1865 January 29 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1865 February 13 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1865 February 19
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1865 February 27
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1865 February 27 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1865 March 11 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1865 March 16
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1865 March 20
- SC 01195_Letter of permission for J. L. Pollard, paroled prisoner of the Arm of Northern Virginia, 1865 April 10 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, 1866 January 29
- SC 01195_Letter, John R. Page to Joseph L. Pollard, 1897 September 11 (typescript)
- SC 01195_Account Sales of fowls and made by Mom and Turner
- SC 01195_The Battle of the Crater by Joseph L. Pollard (typescript article)
- SC 01195_Fighting Battles by Joseph L. Pollard (typescript article)
- SC 01195_Letter, Jennie Hutchinson to Dear Sister Martha, undated (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, undated (typescript)
- SC 01195_Letter 2, Joseph L. Pollard to Pat, undated (typescript)
- Title
- Guide to the Pollard Family Papers
- Author
- Ellen Strong.
- Date
- 2007-07-13
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository