Abram Fulkerson
| Abram Fulkerson | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th district |
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In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
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| Preceded by | James Buchanan Richmond |
| Succeeded by | Henry Bowen |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Washington County, Virginia district |
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In office December 6, 1871 – November 30, 1875 Serving with A. C. Cummings, Seldon Longley |
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| Preceded by | George Graham |
| Succeeded by | Isaac C. Fowler |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the Washington County, Virginia district |
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In office December 5, 1877 – December 7, 1881 |
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| Preceded by | James S. Greever |
| Succeeded by | David F. Bailey |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Washington County, Virginia district |
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In office December 2, 1885 – December 7, 1887 Serving with John A. Buchanan |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Trigg |
| Succeeded by | S. P. Edmonson |
| Personal details | |
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May 13, 1834 Washington County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 17, 1902 (aged 68) Bristol, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Selina Johnson |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
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 Confederate States
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 Tennessee Militia Confederate States Army
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| Rank |
 Colonel (CSA) |
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19th Tennessee Infantry 63rd Tennessee Infantry |
| Commands | 63rd Tennessee Infantry |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Petersburg II, Immortal 600 |
Abram Fulkerson (May 13, 1834 – December 17, 1902) was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War, and a Virginia lawyer and politician who helped form the short-lived Virginia Readjuster Party. He served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives, after which he published accounts of his wartime exploits and captivity.
Fulkerson was born on May 13, 1834 in Washington County, Virginia, the youngest son of Abram Fulkerson, Sr. (1789 - 1859) of Lee County, Virginia and his wife Margaret Laughlin Vance (1796–1864). His family took pride in their military heritage. His grandfather, James Fulkerson, had also served as a Captain, in the Virginia Militia during the American Revolution, joining with the Overmountain Men and fighting the British at the Battle of Kings Mountain. His father, Abram Fulkerson Sr., had served during the War of 1812 as a captain of a Virginia Militia company in Colonel David Sanders' Regiment, 4th Brigade, Norfolk Division under Gen. Peter B. Porter, but by 1850 had moved to Grainger County, Tennessee where his eldest son James L. Fulkerson died, although Abram Fulkerson Sr. moved back to Washington County, Virginia before his death in 1859. The family included at least four more sons who survived to adulthood: James Lyon Fulkerson (1816-1849), Samuel Vance Fulkerson(1822-1862), Francis Marion Fulkerson (1825-1894) and Isaac Fulkerson (1831-1889). They also had daughters Mary Vance Fulkerson Davis (1820-1892), Harriet Jane Fulkerson Armstrong (1827-1911) and Katherine Elizabeth Fulkerson (1832-1903).
Abram, Jr. graduated from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1857, where he was a student of Prof. Thomas Jonathan Stonewall Jackson, as had been his elder brother Samuel Vance Fulkerson (1822-1862), who had served in the Mexican American war and as a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. According to VMI records, Isaac Fulkerson had a reputation for being a prankster and wore an "outlandish collar" on his cadet uniform: the collar being the only part of the uniform not covered under regulations. After graduation, he taught school in Palmyra, Virginia, then in 1860 in Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee.
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