James Sion Bullard (abt. 1840 - 1863)

Died 6 Feb 1863 at about age 23 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States

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Pvt James Bullard served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Mustered out: Died while POW
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 1st Battalion, Confederate Infantry (Forney's), Company E

Biography

James was born before 1847. In 1862 he joined the 1st Confederate Battalion or 1st Battalion, CSA (Forney's), and was in company E. He was captured in Water Valley Mississippi on Dec 5. Along with 800 other prisoners of war, he was put aboard the steamship Minnehaha on about Dec 26 and taken up the river to the Alton Military Prison. When the boat arrived on January 9, many of the 800 men were ill. James died on 6 Feb 1863 of variola (smallpox). His name is on the monument at the Confederate Cemetery in Alton.

Sources

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS7D-127 : 4 December 2014), James Sion Bullard, Private, Company E, 1st Battalion, Confederate Infantry (Forney's), Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M818 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 1,205,313.
• "United States Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4SF-BQT : 4 December 2014), James Sion Bullard, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit First Battalion, Confederate Infantry, A-K, NARA microfilm publication M258 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1963), roll 60.
• "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-Y6NZ : 16 March 2018), James Bullard, 06 Feb 1863; citing Death, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, p. 5, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.
• Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865 [microform]. U.S. War Department. Published 1965. NARA publication M598 Roll 13, page 206
• Alton Democrat 10 Jan 1863.
• https://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/alamilor/1confbat.html

Research Notes

no James Bullards in Alabama Census 1850 or 1860. He could be from Kentucky or Tennessee. Because of the unusual middle name, it's worth looking into Bullard-1445 (unsourced as of June 2019) as a possible grandfather.