Asa Pollard

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
Born(1735-11-15)November 15, 1735
North Billerica, Province of Massachusetts
DiedJune 15, 1775(1775-06-15) (aged 39)
Charlestown, Massachusetts
AllegianceUnited Colonies
Service/branchContinental Army
Years of service1775
RankPrivate
Battles/wars

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, decapitated him.

Notes

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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