Edmund Pettus
U.S. Congressperson
1821 – 1907
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Who was Edmund Pettus?
Edmund Winston Pettus, was an American lawyer, soldier, and legislator. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, during which he was captured three times. After the war he led the Alabama Ku Klux Klan and was a U.S. Senator.
The Edmund Pettus Bridge crossing the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama was named in his honor, later becoming a landmark of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
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- Born
- Jul 6, 1821
Athens - Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Jul 27, 1907
Hot Springs
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on July 23, 2013
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