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Bookmark or Share- Who Was Edmund Pettus? | SmithsonianWho Was Edmund Pettus? The march to freedom started on a bridge that honors a man bent on preserving slavery and segregation
- Edmund Pettus - Encyclopedia of AlabamaEdmund Pettus Edmund Winston Pettus (1821-1907) was the last Confederate brigadier general from Alabama to serve in the U.S. Senate. An attorney, he was an influential leader of the state Democratic Party but did not hold public office until he was 75 years old.
- Edmund Pettus - WikipediaEdmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was an American lawyer, politician and military officer who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907. [2] He served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
- Edmund Pettus Bridge - Encyclopedia BritannicaEdmund Pettus Bridge, bridge crossing the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama, that was the site of what became known as “Bloody Sunday,” a landmark event in the history of the American civil rights movement.
- Edmund Pettus / SamePassageEdmund Winston Pettus (1821-1907) was the last Confederate brigadier general from Alabama to serve in the U.S. Senate. An attorney, he was an influential leader of the state Democratic Party but did not hold public office until he was 75 years old.
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