Capt. Stephen Pollard
7th Regimental Cavalry
Company B
40th Regimental Georgia Volunteers
Company G
C.S.A.
Stephen Pollard was born in Fayette, Carroll County, GA on August 19, 1829 and married Mary A. Vines on July 27, 1850. He enlisted June, 1862 in Carroll County, GA with the 7th Regimental Cavalry, Company B, also known as "Claiborne's Regimental Partisan Rangers/7th Regimental Confederate Partisan Rangers" (transferred from Company B to Company L, 7th Confederate Cavalry in March, 1863). In June of 1862, he was a private, moving to the rank of Captain in September of 1863, then 1st Corp January of 1864, but then demoted back to private in July of 1864. He was a member of this cavalry regiment until April 29, 1864 when he was detailed home to buy a horse (he lost his on April 28, 1864). He was cut off from his company/regiment at the time Union General Sherman and the Yankee army took Atlanta and Confederate General Hood and the Confederate army retreated. He is listed as AWOL from Company L, 7th Regimental Confederate Cavalry, when he actually joined up with General Hood's army in Company G, 40th Regimental GA Volunteers. He served with this unit until General Hood surrendered his army to General Sherman in April, 1865 in North Carolina. At the age of 70, Stephen Pollard died in Temple, Haralson County, GA on October 24, 1899. His widow, Mary, lived until shortly after the turn of the century, dying in 1904. Both graves are in Liberty Christian Church Cemetary, Haralson County, in Temple, Georgia.

Jim