Robert Bullock (December 8, 1828 – July 27, 1905) was an American lawyer, judge, state legislator, and

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from

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. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the

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Early life and career

Born in

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, he attended the common schools. He moved to

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, Florida, in 1844, which was then a United States government post, near the present city of

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. He taught in the first school in

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Seminole uprising

Bullock was commissioned by the

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in 1856 as a

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to raise a mounted company of volunteers for the suppression of the

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as captain in the 7th Florida Infantry in 1861, and served until the close of the war. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1863 and to brigadier general in 1865 to date from November 29, 1864. Bullock took part in the

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, the Atlanta Campaign, and the Franklin-Nashville Campaign, where he was severely wounded.

Postwar career

After the war, Bullock studied

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, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and began practice in Marion County. He served as judge of probate court 1866-1868. He was a member of the

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in 1879. He was again clerk of the circuit court of Marion County from 1881 to 1889.

Congress

He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893). Bullock was not a candidate for renomination in 1892. He was succeeded by

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. After leaving Congress, he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was elected judge of Marion County in 1903 and served until his death in Ocala, Florida in 1905. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

References

* Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . * Warner, Ezra J. ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. . Retrieved on 2008-10-18 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bullock, Robert 1828 births 1905 deaths People from Greenville, North Carolina Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida Democratic Party members of the Florida House of Representatives Confederate States Army brigadier generals People of Florida in the American Civil War People of North Carolina in the American Civil War People from Marion County, Florida 19th-century Florida politicians 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

Early life and career

Seminole uprising

Postwar career

Congress

See also

References