Thomas Gordon Pollock - Warrenton, VA
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flyingmoose
N 38° 42.762 W 077° 48.082
18S E 256425 N 4288621
Grave for two brothers (one KIA) located within the Warrenton Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM13501
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/17/2020
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The gravestone is erected for Thomas Gordon Pollock and Charles Lee Pollock.
"Thomas Gordon Pollock was born in 1838 in Richmond, Virginia. His father was a pastor at a Presbyterian Church and his mother was related to the Lee family. He first attended Yale University for a year before coming to the University of Virginia. He attended the University from 1856 to 1859. After completing his education, Pollock practiced law in Virginia until the Civil War began. He was a Captain in the Confederate States Army. At Gettysburg, Pollock was under General George Pickett who was famous for Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. Interestingly, Pollock wrote to his father four days prior to his death, expressing confident that the Confederates would win the war soon. Pollock was shot off his horse and met his death on July 3, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg." - (
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Front text:
Thomas Gordon Pollock
Adj Gen Kemper's
Brigade,
Killed in the charge of
Pickett's Div. in the battle
of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
Aged 24 Years.
Charles Lee Pollock
Died at Leeton Forest
April 12, 1888
Aged 39 years, &18Ds.
Quote on the bottom:
"whosoever believeth on him shall receive remission of sins"
Back text:
Sons of Rev. A.D. & Eliz. Pollock.
This stone is not erected in memory of their many virtues for they are registered in our hearts not for the qualities for which they were xxxx distinguished and xxxx for these those....illegible....
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