Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907), 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, as well as a U.S. Senator after the war. 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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| - Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907), 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, as well as a U.S. Senator after the war. 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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| - Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907), 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, as well as a U.S. Senator after the war. 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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