mother telling of his success with the project saying, "I have persuaded him [James Bulloch] to publish a work which only he possesses the materials to write." In return, Uncle Jimmie spent considerable time schooling his energetic nephew on the operations of wind-powered ships in the Age of Sail and explained much about ship-to-ship fighting tactics, as Theodore had no personal experience or training in early 19th-century naval warfare. Roosevelt drew from this tutoring, and his long hours spent in libraries researching the official records of the U.S. Navy, for his book The Naval War of 1812. Theodore Roosevelt on the Bullochs In 1905, the height of reconciliation between the North and the South, incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt toured the South. After spending October 19 in North Carolina and skipping South Carolina, Roosevelt visited Roswell, Georgia the next day. He spoke to the citizens as his "neighbors and friends" and concluded his remarks as follows: In Roosevelt's autobiography, he mentions the Bullochs as follows: Later years James died in Liverpool at the home of his daughter and son-in-law at 76 Canning Street, Canning, Liverpool, England, in 1901, at the age of 77. His headstone in Liverpool's Toxteth Park Cemetery bears the inscription: "An American by birth, an Englishman by choice". See also Bulloch Hall, antebellum home of the Bulloch family in Roswell, Georgia References Bulloch, James D. The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe; or, How the Confederate Cruisers Were Equipped. (London, 1883; New York, 1884) Wilson, Walter E. and Gary L. Mckay. James D. Bulloch; Secret Agent and Mastermind of the Confederate Navy. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2012) . There are biographical sketches in The American National Biography (supplementary volume) and The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Further reading External links Bulloch Hall - Historic Roswell, Georgia at www.bullochhall.org (official website) Port Cities: - James Dunwoody Bulloch at www.mersey-gateway.org New Georgia Encyclopedia: James D. Bulloch (1823-1901) at georgiaencyclopedia.org 1823 births 1901 deaths Bulloch family Confederate States Navy CSS Alabama People from Roswell, Georgia Military personnel from Savannah, Georgia People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War