Edmund Pettus

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name = Edmund W. Pettus


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jr/sr = United States Senator
state = Alabama
term_start = March 4, 1897
term_end = July 27, 1907
predecessor = James L. Pugh
successor = Joseph F. Johnston
birth_date =birth date|1821|7|06|mf=y
birth_place =Athens, Alabama
death_date =death date and age|1907|7|27|1821|7|06|mf=y
death_place =Hot Springs, North Carolina
rank=Brigadier General
branch=Confederate States Army
serviceyears=1861–1865
battles=American Civil War

Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907), for whom the civil rights landmark Edmund Pettus Bridge was named, was a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War, as well as a postbellum U.S. Senator.

Pettus was born in Limestone County, Alabama, where he was educated. He passed his bar exam and then was a lawyer and judge.

During the early part of the Civil War, he commanded the 20th Alabama as its colonel. He served throughout the Western Theater, including during the Vicksburg Campaign.

He resumed his law practice after the war and went on to serve in the U.S. Senate. He served in the Senate from March 4, 1897 to his death on July 27, 1907.

The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, became a civil rights landmark when on Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965, a band of civil rights marchers on their way to Montgomery crossed the bridge, only to be attacked by state troopers on the other side.

External links

*CongBio|P000279|name=PETTUS, Edmund Winston|inline=1 from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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