Soldier: Henry H. Pollock
Regiment: 4th. OVI
Company: A
Age: 25
Date Entering Service: April 15, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Pollock initially enlisted for 90 days. He was discharged on June 4, 1861 at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, and then reenlisted for 3 years. He was wounded three times, the last time at Cold Harbor, Virginia in 1864. He was confined to the hospital at Columbus, Ohio in June 1864. He was finally discharged on July 21, 1864.
Battles in which he fought:
Rich Mountain, WVa. July 11, 1861
Romney, WVa. Sept. 23, 1861
Winchester, Va. March 23, 1862
Front Royal, Va. May 30, 1862
North Anna River, Va. May 23-27, 1864
Tocopotomy, Va. May 29-31, 1864
Cold Harbor, Va. June 1-12, 1864
Petersburg, Va. June 15-19, 1864
Other interesting information discovered:
Pollock was born in Knox County and entered the service at Mt. Vernon. In 1870 he and his wife, Kitty, were living in Cardington, where he was a buggy salesman. He filed for an invalid’s pension on October 10, 1864, a result of wounds received. His wife filed for a pension after his death in 1917
Date of Death: July 23, 1917 Place of Burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio
Adopted By: In memory of Cecil and Phyllis Haycook
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard
