Edward Albert Pollard

1832 - 1872  (40 years)

• Name	Edward Albert Pollard  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	27 Feb 1832
  	His birthday is listed on many on-line biographies as 27 February, 1828, 1831, or 1832, but always 27 February. The year 1832 lines up with the age on the wedding record.
  Gender	Male
  Biography	From Wikipedia: Edward Albert Pollard (1828–1872), American journalist, was born in Nelson County, Virginia, on 27 February 1828. He graduated at the University of Virginia in 1849, studied law at the College of William and Mary, and in Baltimore (where he was admitted to the bar), and was engaged in newspaper work in California until 1855. During 1857 to 1861 he was clerk of the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives. By 1859 he had become an outspoken secessionist, and during the Civil War he was one of the principal editors of the Richmond Examiner, which supported the Confederacy but was hostile to President Jefferson Davis. In 1864 Pollard sailed for England, but the vessel on which he sailed was captured as a blockade runner, and he was confined in Fort Warren in Boston Harbor from 29 May until 12 August, when he was paroled. In December he was placed in close confinement at Fort Monroe by order of the Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, but was soon again paroled by General B. F. Butler, and in January proceeded to Richmond, Virginia to be exchanged there for Albert D. Richardson (1833–1869), a well-known correspondent of the New York Tribune, who, however, had escaped before Pollard arrived. During 1867 to 1869 Pollard edited a weekly paper at Richmond, and he conducted the Political Pamphlet there during the presidential campaign of 1868.
  Died	12 Dec 1872	Lynchburg, Virginia
  Person ID	I1046	Our Family
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann "Annie" James,   b. Abt 1841, Wales ,   d. 12 Jan 1884, Maryland  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Married	7 Nov 1861
  Children	1. Eddie A Pollard,   b. Oct 1864, Georgia
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 12 Dec 1872 - Lynchburg, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories		Project Ayer Letters and documents from the Ayer and James families
  		The James Family 1810 to 1900 by Bill Scholtz The story of the James family from their origin in Wales, through their moves to New Brunswick, Canada, Richmond, Virginia and Washington, DC during the Civil War, back to Virginia until the family scatters toward the end of the century.

  
  

• Sources

  [S35] Descendant chart, James, . (Reliability: 0). [S248] Pollard James Marriage. [S249] Wikipedia.