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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 Pettus
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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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  • 1847(xsd:integer)
  • 1861(xsd:integer)
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  • 1897-03-04(xsd:date)
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  • 1821-07-06(xsd:date)
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  • Hot Springs, North Carolina
Name
  • Edmund Winston Pettus
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  • 136(xsd:integer)
Alma mater
  • Clinton College, Tennessee
Birth Place
  • Athens, Alabama
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  • 1907-07-27(xsd:date)
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  • 1907-07-27(xsd:date)
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  • 3(xsd:integer)
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  • United States Senator
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  • 1897(xsd:integer)
  • --01-06
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  • Alabama
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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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