Asa Pollard

Asa Pollard
Born (1735-11-15)November 15, 1735
North Billerica, Province of Massachusetts
Died June 15, 1775(1775-06-15) (aged 39)
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Allegiance United Colonies
Service/branch Continental Army
Years of service 1775
Rank Private
Battles/wars

Asa Pollard (November 15, 1735 – June 15, 1775) was an American soldier. He was the first soldier to be killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War.

Early life

Asa Pollard born on November 15, 1735 in North Billerica, Province of Massachusetts to John and Mary Pollard, two farmers.[1]

American Revolutionary War

Pollard enlisted in the Continental Army on May 8, 1775,[2] and his first battle was during the Battles of Lexington and Concord. He died in the Battle of Bunker Hill (fought on Breed's Hill) when a cannonball, shot from a ship, took off his head.

Notes

  1. ↑ Brown 1897, p. 329
  2. ↑ Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State 1904, p. 499

References

  • Brown, Abram (1897). Beside Old Hearth-Stones. Lee and Shepard.
  • Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State (1904). Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the Revolutionary War. Wright and Potter Printing.


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