Colonel John Joseph Pulford
Kentucky Post, Saturday, 11 July 1896, page 5
Detroit Mich. July 11-General John Pulford for 46 years a resident of this city, died at his home early this morning. General Pulford was born on July 4, 1837 in New York City and came to Detroit with his parents 13 years later. He was the possessor of an enviable war record. He was actively engaged in the operations of the Potomac up to the battle of Malvern Hill, where he was severly wounded by a cannon ball, his jaw, collar and temporal bones being franctured.
He was captured and confined in Richmond until he was exchanged July 16, 1862. He was appointed Colonel of his regiment July 12, 1864 and was brevetted Brigadier General of Volunteers March 13, 1865. On Feb 23, 1866, Colonel Pulford entered the regular army as Second Lieutenant. He joined his regiment at Newport Barracks Ky, and served with it in the Southwest and West, engaging in General Hancock's expedition across the plains against hostile Indians until April 1867. Subsequently he was placed on reconstruction duty in the South and on recruiting duty at Newport Barracks and was retired from active service with the rank of Colonel, on account of wounds received in the line of duty, Dec 15, 1870.