Edward Albert Pollard

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Birth:
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.

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.

Edward married Sarah Ann "Annie" James on 7 Nov 1861. Sarah (daughter of William James and Jane Francis) was born about 1841 in Wales; died on 12 Jan 1884 in Maryland; was buried on 14 Jan 1884 in Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]