Horatio Washington Bruce

Horatio Washington Bruce was a Confederate politician during the American Civil War.

Horatio Bruce was born February 22, 1830 about one mile south of Vanceburg in Lewis County, Kentucky. He was the son of Alexander and Amanda Bruce and named for two of his uncles, Horatio and Washington Bruce. His paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and his father was a wealthy landowner who served as a Whig in the Kentucky General Assembly in 1825 and 1826. His maternal grandfather also served in the Revolutionary War. He was of Scottish ancestry on his fathers side and English ancestry on his mothers side.

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