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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.
Asa Pollard | |
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| Born | November 15, 1735 North Billerica, Province of Massachusetts |
| Died | June 15, 1775 (aged 39) Charlestown, Massachusetts |
| Allegiance | United Colonies |
| Service/ | Continental Army |
| Years of service | 1775 |
| Rank | Private |
| Battles/wars | |
Early life edit
Asa Pollard born on November 15, 1735, in North Billerica, Province of Massachusetts to John and Mary Pollard, two farmers.[1]
American Revolutionary War edit
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, decapitated him.
Notes edit
- ^ Brown 1897, p. 329
- ^ Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of State 1904, p. 499
References edit
- 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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