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James Dunwoody Bulloch | |
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| Born | June 25, 1823 Savannah, Georgia |
| Died | January 7, 1901 (aged 77) Liverpool, England |
| Allegiance | United States Confederate States of America |
| Service | United States Navy Confederate States Navy |
| Years of service | 1839–1854 USN 1861–1865 CSN |
| Rank | Commander (CSN) |
| Commands | USS State of Georgia (1853) |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Euphemia Caskie (1851–1854) Harriott Cross Foster (1857–1901) |
| Children | 5 |
James Dunwoody Bulloch (June 25, 1823 – January 7, 1901) was the Confederacy's chief foreign agent in Great Britain during the American Civil War. Based in Liverpool, he operated blockade runners and commerce raiders that provided the Confederacy with its only source of hard currency. Bulloch arranged for the purchase by British merchants of Confederate cotton, as well as the dispatch of armaments and other war supplies to the South.[1] He also oversaw the construction and purchase of several ships designed at ruining Northern shipping during the Civil War, including CSS Florida, CSS Alabama, CSS Stonewall, and CSS Shenandoah.[2] Due to him being a Confederate secret agent, Bulloch was not included in the general amnesty that came after the Civil War and therefore decided to stay in Liverpool, becoming the director of the Liverpool Nautical College and the Orphan Boys Asylum.[1][2]
Bulloch's half-brother Irvine Bulloch was a Confederate naval officer and his half-sister Martha Roosevelt was the mother of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and paternal grandmother of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.[1]
- ^ a b c "James Dunwoody Bulloch CSN - 290 Foundation". sites.google.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ a b "James D. Bulloch". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2023-01-24.