POLLARD, WILLIAM O., Private, Company C, 44th Regiment, North Carolinas Troops. Born in Pitt County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Pitt County at age 29, January 27, 1862. Present or accounted for until captured at Bristoe Station, Virginia, October 14, 1863. Confined at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., where he died on November 19, 1863, of “diarrhoea chronica.” [NCT 10:424]
POLLARD, W O
- C 44TH NC INF
- DATE OF DEATH: 05/19/1863
- BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 169
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