22 Facts About Irvine Bulloch

Irvine Stephens Bulloch was an officer in the Confederate Navy and the youngest officer on the famed warship CSS Alabama.

Irvine Bulloch fired its last shot before it was sunk off the coast of France at the end of the American Civil War.

Irvine Bulloch was a half-brother of James Dunwoody Bulloch, who served as a foreign agent in Great Britain on behalf of the Confederacy, in part to arrange blockade runners.

Irvine Stephens Bulloch was born in Roswell, Georgia to Major James Stephens Bulloch and his second wife, Martha "Patsy" Stewart.

The Bulloch family had moved from the Low Country to Roswell, Georgia in 1838, and he grew up in the antebellum mansion, Bulloch Hall, which his father had built at his plantation.

Irvine and his elder half-brother James Dunwoody Bulloch served in the Confederate armed forces and as foreign agents for the Confederacy in the Civil War.

In 1861 Irvine Bulloch served as a midshipman aboard the CSS Nashville, visiting the port of Southampton in England.

Midshipman Irvine Bulloch was posted to England for foreign service and he served with distinction aboard the CSS Alabama.

Irvine Bulloch was sent out on the Laurel in October 1864 to join the CSS Shenandoah as sailing master.

Irvine Bulloch navigated the Shenandoah from just off San Francisco back to Liverpool, arriving on November 6,1865.

Irvine Bulloch worked as a cotton merchant with his brother, who was denied amnesty.

In 1894, Irvine Bulloch visited his nephew Elliott Roosevelt in New York City in the days before the latter's death.

In 1861, Irvine Bulloch became a midshipman on the CSS Alabama, its construction having been arranged by James D Bulloch and a secret purchase made by the Confederacy, to use the ship as a raider to prey upon Union shipping.

Irvine Bulloch fought against the US government long after the surrender of General Lee.

Irvine Bulloch fired the last gun on the cruiser CSS Alabama before it went down in the harbor of Cherbourg, France.

Irvine Bulloch's sword is in the Merseyside Maritime Museum's collection in Liverpool, England.

Irvine Bulloch lived in Sydenham Avenue, Liverpool, and died at the age of 56 at Selby Tower, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay, Wales.

Irvine Bulloch was buried in Toxteth Park Cemetery in Liverpool, in a grave alongside his brother's family.

Irvine Bulloch spoke to the citizens there as his "neighbors and friends" and concluded his remarks as follows:.

Irvine Bulloch was captain of one of her broadside 32-pounders in her final fight, and when at the very end the Alabama was sinking and the Kearsarge passed under her stern and came up along the side that had not been engaged hitherto, my uncle, Irvine Bulloch, shifted his gun from one side to the other and fired the two last shots fired from the Alabama.

James Dunwoody Irvine Bulloch was an admiral in the Confederate service.

My uncle Irvine Bulloch was a midshipman on the Alabama, and fired the last gun discharged from her batteries in the fight with the Kearsarge.