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William Grigsby Bullitt (McCracken County, KY, prov govt conv member, attorney)

b. 1833-03-16 d. 1901

McCracken County, Kentucky, attorney, soldier, and provisional government convention member. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Son of Cuthbert Bullitt and Harriett Willett Bullett. Studied at Shelby College and South Hanover College in Indiana. Studied law with his brother, Willett Bullitt, of New Albany, Indiana. Attorney in New Albany, Indiana, in 1850. Attorney in Calhoun, Kentucky, from 1854 to 1858. Attorney in Paducah in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861. Served in the 6th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as major from September 10, 1862. Captured with Morgan's Division at Cheshire, Ohio, on July 20, 1863. Prisoner of war at Depot near Sandusky, Ohio from July 28, 1863, to August 1, 1863. Prisoner of war at Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, from August 1, 1863, to March 25, 1864. Prisoner of war in Fort Delaware, Delaware, from March 27, 1864, to October 6, 1864. Prisoner of war at Point Lookout, Maryland, from October 8, 1864 to November 2, 1864. Prisoner of war at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC, from November 3, 1864, to December 10, 1864. Prisoner of war at Fort Delaware, Delaware, from December 17, 1864, to February 27, 1865.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany, p. 327A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, McCracken County, Paducah District 2, p. 909.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0036.

H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1897), 128.

Find A Grave, "William Grigsby Bullitt (1833-1901)," Memorial 93611289, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93611289 (accessed October 28, 2019).

KYR-0004-033-0001.

Citation

Bullitt, William Grigsby. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210327 (November 12, 2026).

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