1. Robert Bullock was an American lawyer, judge, state legislator, and United States representative from Florida.
12 Facts About Robert Bullock
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Robert Bullock was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
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Robert Bullock moved to Fort King, Florida, in 1844, which was then a United States government post, near the present city of Ocala, Florida.
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Robert Bullock taught in the first school in Sumter County, Florida.
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Robert Bullock was mustered into the service of the United States and served 18 months, until the cessation of hostilities.
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Robert Bullock entered the Confederate Army as captain in the 7th Florida Infantry in 1861, and served until the close of the war.
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Robert Bullock was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1863 and to brigadier general in 1865 to date from November 29,1864.
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Robert Bullock took part in the Battle of Chickamauga, the Atlanta Campaign, and the Franklin-Nashville Campaign, where he was severely wounded.
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Robert Bullock was a member of the Florida House of Representatives in 1879.
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Robert Bullock was again clerk of the circuit court of Marion County from 1881 to 1889.
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Robert Bullock was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses.
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Robert Bullock was elected judge of Marion County in 1903 and served until his death in Ocala, Florida in 1905.