Irvine Bulloch
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| Birth name | Irvine Stephens Bulloch |
| Born |
25 June 1842 Roswell, Georgia |
| Died | 14 July 1898 (aged 56) Liverpool, England |
| Buried at | Toxteth Park Cemetery Liverpool |
| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Navy
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| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant
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| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Irvine Stephens Bulloch (June 25, 1842 – July 14, 1898) was an officer in the Confederate Navy and the youngest officer on the famed warship CSS Alabama. He fired its last shot before it was sunk off the coast of France at the end of the American Civil War. He was a half-brother of James Dunwoody Bulloch and a full brother of socialite Martha Stewart "Mittie" Bulloch. Mittie was the mother of future U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) and paternal grandmother of First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962).
Irvine Stephens Bulloch was born in Roswell, Georgia to Major James Stephens Bulloch (1793–1849) and Martha "Patsy" Stewart (1799–1864). His family had moved to Roswell, Georgia in 1838, and he grew up in the beautiful antebellum mansion, Bulloch Hall. Irvine and his elder half-brother James Dunwoody Bulloch served as Confederates in the Civil War. Patsy's father was General Daniel Stewart (1761–1829).
In 1861 Bulloch served as a midshipman aboard the CSS Nashville, visiting the port of Southampton in England. The Nashville returned to the Confederate States of America, and the James River Squadron, where she was renamed the Rattlesnake.
Midshipman Bulloch was then posted to England for foreign service and he served with distinction aboard the CSS Alabama. His nephew, President Theodore Roosevelt, maintained that Irvine fired the last two shots from that vessel.
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