Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol X, January 1902, No. 1, pages 79-81 Col. Ed Courtenay Bullock Col. Ed Courtenay Bullock was the only son of William Bowen Bullock, merchant of Charleston, and Eliza Greer daughter of Edward Courtenay, Esq., of that city. He was born on December 7, 1822; entered the freshman class at Harvard College in 1838, and ,was graduated in 1842, with honors. He returned to his native city in July of that year, and in September accepted a position in Maj. Goldsboro's Military- Institute in Alabama. While teaching, he read law, and was admitted to the bar in and entered at once on a successful and lucrative practice. In September, 1845, he married Miss Mary Julia Snipes, of Barbour County. He was an ardent admirer of J. C. Calhoun's States rights' theory of government, and founded a journal in Eufaula, The Spirit of the South, which was for years a high political authority in Alabama. and largely influenced action of that State in 1861. By a unanimous vote he was elected senator for Barbour Co. in 1854, having no opposition, an unsolicited honor, conferred by the people of the county. He served with increased reputation and popularity until 1861. Gov. Moore, in December, 1860 sent him as a special commissioner to the State of Florida to urge the prompt action of that State in the cause of the South. Gov. Moore next appointed him Chairman of the committee of citizens to meet and welcome the President-elect Davis as he entered the State on his way to Montgomery to take the oath of office. On Saturday, February, 16. he met the President at West Point, Ga., and discharged most eloquently and impressively this most distinguished duty,. The day after he resigned his seat in the Senate he enrolled as a private "for the war” in the Eufaula Rifles under Capt. Alpheus Baker, and paraded in the ranks, in the military escort, at the inauguration of the President on February 18, 1S61. The Eufaula Rifles was assigned to the First Regiment Alabama Infantry, Col. H. D. Clayton, commanding and was at once ordered to Pensacola to. report to Gen. Bragg. On the I2th of March 1861, Gov. Moore appointed Private Bullock Inspector General on the staff of Gen. Jerry Clements, with the rank of colonel. In May Gen. Bragg appointed him judge advocate -general of the army at Pensacola. In the summer he was asked to accept a circuit judgeship, but declined, say-in-: "I am enlisted for the War, unless sooner relieved by that long furlough which awaits us all." His commission as Colonel of the Eighteenth Alabama Infantry, unsolicited and unknown to him, was received from the Secretary of War at Richmond, Va., dated September 4, 1861. He took command a few days after, and was ordered to report to Gen. A. S. Johns-ton in Kentucky. The regiment had reached Huntsville when its destination was changed to Mobile. While in camp he was prostrated with a serious attack of typhoid fever, which developed into pneumonia. For better professional attention he was carefully- re-moved to. Montgomery, Ala., and received in the home. of his friend, Dr. W. 0. Baldwin, a noted physician of that city, where he died on December 23, 1861. It should be recorded that Col. Bullock was physically a frail man, and entirely unfitted for the camp and March of a soldier's life. He was buried in the Episcopal cemetery in Eufaula on Christmas day. On a marble column this epitaph is inscribed: IN LOVING MEMORY OF EDWARD COURTENAY BULLOCK, BORN IN CHARLESTON, S. C., DECEMBER 7, 1822, MADE HIS HOME IN EUFAULA, ALA., 1843, ADMITTED TO THE BAR IN 1843 CALLED TO MANY HIGH STATIONS, AND EQUAL TO ALL, AN ARDENT BELIEVER IN THE POLITICAL OPINIONS CF CALHOUN, HE ELOQUENTLY ADVOCATED THEM IN LIFE, AND WHEN WAR ENSUED DEFENDED THEM AS COLONEL OF -THE EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT, ALABAMA INFANTRY AND DIED IN THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE DECEMBER 23, 1861 TO PERPETUATE HIS MEMORY THE STATE OF ALABAMA, BY ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE IN 1866 GAVE HIS NAMEE TO ONE OF THE COUNTIES OF THE STATE. “HONESTA QUAM SPLENDIDA." The following editorial written at his death, expressed the public opinion of Alabama at that period "Just as we go to press the telegraph brings us the mournful intelligence that Col. E. C. Bullock of the Eighteenth Alabama Infantry is dead! The dispatch, although we had been led to anticipate it, has covered our community with gloom. Here where he had lived almost from boyhood, where all knew him and loved him, every heart saddens, every ma feels that he has lost a friend. His death is a personal bereavement to every member of the community-he thought that he who had for so long a time bee cherished as a friend; whose bright face and genial companionship had been the charm of our society whose noble soul and brilliant intellect had won for him the confidence and admiration of all who knew him; that he, the gallant, generous, gifted Bullock is forever gone from our midst, hangs like a pall upon every heart, and covers with sadness every face in Eufaula. Words of eulogy seem like mockery in the ill attempt to express our loss. Never did any man-have a stronger hold upon the affection and confidence of a community than Col. Bullock had upon ours. His great heart that knew no semblance or selfishness, that counted no cost in the service of either friend or country, had inspired all who came in contact with him, with a degree of friendship is rarely seen beyond the family relation, while his exalted genius that sparkled like a diamond, that won for him the admiration of all who ever knew him; and yet, noble, unselfish, brilliant as he was, he is forever gone! "Edward Courtnay Bullock was a native of Charleston, S. C. In earlier life lie came a stranger to Barbour County. His strongly marked qualities soon attracted to him a host of friends in his new home, and he had lived here only a few years before was assigned a position of prominence in the county. Almost from the day of his admission to the b took first rank as a lawyer, and rapidly came into large and lucrative practice. At the time of death he was regarded one of the most eminent lawyers of the bar in East Alabama. But a short time before his death, while a private in the army at Pensacola, he was tendered the judgeship of this circuit, but preferring the post of danger, he declined the honor which, unsolicited, had been pressed upon him. "For years he has been the editor of the Eufaula Spirit of the South, and had given to the editorial columns of that paper a reputation for ability and lofty devotion to the rights of his section, unsurpased by any sheet in the South. "Four years ago, without an intimation that he de-sired it, the people of this county elected him without opposition to the State Senate. Though young and inexperienced as a legislator, he was placed at the head of the most important committee in the Senate, and in that capacity, probably contributed more to the legislation of that body than any other member of it. His unselfish devotion to the public interests, his thorough acquaintance with the laws of the State, his clear perception of the wants of the country, his unclouded judgement, and his ability as a debator, commanded for him the unquestionable confidence of that body, while his genial nature and affable manners secured for him the cordial esteem of all who were associated with him. "While yet a member of the Senate the present war commenced, and from the halls of the Legislature he went as a private in the Eufaula Rifles to do service as a common soldier at Pensacola. His company was one of the first to tender its service to the country, and he was among the first in preparing for duty-Though a private, his claims did not escape the attention of his commander, Gen. Bragg, and by the appointment of that officer he was assigned the position of judge advocate for the army at that post. How well and how faithful he discharged all his du-ties as a soldier, all who knew him in that relation will testify. As at home, so in the camp, he was be-loved, admired, courted by all who were associated with him. While thus engaged in his duties at Pensacola the War Department at Richmond sent him a commission as colonel of the Eighteenth Alabama Regiment. He knew nothing of the purpose of his government to promote till his commission reached him. He was as modest as he was brave and worthy, and hesitated about accepting the trust, until he was advised to do so by Gen. Bragg, whose military eye discovered in him the elements that fitted him for the command. Thus advised, he hesitated no longer, but at once repaired to Auburn, and there assumed command of his regiment, with orders to report to Gen. A. Sidney Johnston for duty in Kentucky. He had reached Huntsville when the exigencies of the service called him in another direction, and he was ordered to Mobile Shortly after arriving there, the bombardment commences at Pensacola-, and Gen. Bragg, by telegraph, invited him to act as one of his aids in the engagement. He proceeded at once to the scene of danger, but reached there too late to participate in the fight. While in Pensacola he was seized with typhoid pneumonia, and was carried to Montgomery, where, after lingering for three weeks, he died yesterday morning at six o'clock. 'In accordance with his oft-repeated request, his remains will be brought to this city for interment. just before leaving- home to take command of his regiment he said o us: "No matter where or how I die, I wish that my remains shall rest beneath the soil of Barbour County-. Her people have loved me and honored me, and among them wish my ashes to re-pose.' His wishes will be carried out, and his gray-will be honored by a people whom in life he honored. "Alabama has lost one of her best men. Even beyond the limits of the State his death will be felt to be a public calamity; but here at his own home, where he was best known, he was most loved, and will be most lamented. Had he lived the highest honors of his country awaited him. Dying, he will be cherished as one of the brightest jewels.” (The Spirit of the South, Eufaula, Ala., December 24, 1861.)