Edward Courtenay Bullock (December 7, 1822 – December 23, 1861) was an American politician and

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officer in the

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Biography

Bullock, a native of South Carolina, came to Alabama shortly after graduating from Harvard College. He practiced law in the same firm with

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and Jefferson Buford. He served two terms as a member of the

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from

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, and was a strong supporter of secession. He delivered an address, ''A Plea for Home Education in the South'', to the East Alabama Female College in July 1852 and another, ''True and False Civilization. An Oration Before the Erosophic and Philomathic Societies of the University of Alabama,'' in 1858. They illustrated the centrality of slavery to southern thought. He also spoke at the

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in January 1861. When the Civil War began, Bullock resigned his seat and was commissioned as a

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with the 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment. He died in service during the war.

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, was named in his honor.

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References

The Law of the Descent of Thought: Law, History, and Civilization in Antebellum Literary Addresses
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