Pollard Family Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

Pollard Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Creator:
Pollard, Joseph Lawrence and Pollard, Joseph P. , M.D.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Pollard Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Ten original letters written chiefly by Joseph Lawrence Pollard to his wife Pat. Also, certificate commissioning him Captain in the 64th Regiment of the 14th Brigade and 4th Division of the Virginia militia dated July 13, 1866.

Typescripts of 44 letters, 1862 (1862-1865), 1897, chiefly from Joseph Lawrence Pollard to his wife Pat. Includes typescripts of originals in folder 1 dated March 1 1863, June 12, 1863, December 20, 1864, January 5, 1865, and January 19, 1865.

Typescripts of two articles written by Joseph Lawrence Pollard about Civil War Battles.

Typescript of an account of the Battle of Midway during World War II by Joseph P. Pollard, Flight Surgeon in the Medical Corps, U.S. Navy.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift 2000.52 also a gift from Joseph P. Pollard.
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

Processing information:

Processed by Ellen Strong in 2000.

Physical description:
59 items.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard