PETTUS, Edmund Winston

Confederate

Born: July 6 1821, Limestone Cty AL

Died: July 27 1907, Hot Springs NC

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, judge, Mexican War.

War Service: 1861 assisted in recruitment of 20th Alabama - Maj., Lt. Col., Port Gibson (c), escaped, Vicksburg (s), Col., Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, November 1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Pettus' Bde/Stevenson's Divn in Atlanta campaign, Franklin and Nashville campaign, Carolinas campaign, Bentonville (w).

Post War: Lawyer, US senator