sergeant of Martin's Battery, and in October 1863 was promoted to First Lieutenant and led the unit when Capt. Martin was absent. It was part of what was sometimes called the 12th Virginia Artillery Battalion, or Anderson's Corps Artillery and served around Richmond as well as in southeastern Virginia and North Carolina. Career After General Lee's surrender and his own discharge, Pulliam returned to Richmond and considered teaching. He used his mathematical abilities and became an agent for the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia, initially assessing wartime claims in Norfolk and Petersburg. He also succeeded his father as Richmond's recorder and became active in the local Democratic Party. He was a member of the Democratic City Central Committee and also served four years on Richmond's city council. In 1875, Pulliam organized a fire insurance company that operated in Virginia and other states, but when that company closed he became a general insurance agent with an office in Richmond. Richmond voters elected Pulliam to the Virginia House of Delegates (a part-time position) in 1877, where he served one term (none of the four men serving with Pulliam were re-elected either). He then returned to his real estate and insurance pursuits, and also became active in the Sons of the American Revolution. in 1900 serving as the Vice President of the Virginia chapter. Death and legacy Pulliam died on April 6, 1908 and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond. The O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke has his brief handwritten biography. The Virginia Historical Society has a letter dated January 19, 1863 that Pulliam wrote to his aunt, Eliza M. Jackson in Columbia. He was survived by his son, and a distant relative at the time, Willis C. Pulliam represented Chesterfield and Powhatan Counties and the city of Manchester, Virginia (before its annexation by Richmond). References 1841 births 1908 deaths People from Henrico County, Virginia People from Richmond, Virginia Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates 19th-century American politicians Burials at Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) University of Virginia alumni People of Virginia in the American Civil War Confederate States Army officers University of Richmond people