Edmund Winston Pettus
Born: July 6, 1821
Birth Place: Limestone County, Alabama
Father: John Jones Pettus Sr. 1772 – 1822
Mother: Alice Taylor Winston 1790 – 1871
(Buried: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama)
Wife: Mary Lucinda Chapman 1823 – 1906
(Buried: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama)
Children:
Lucy T. Pettus Roberts 1845 – 1922
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
Mary Pettus Lacy 1854 – 1927
(Buried: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama)
Francis Leigh Pettus 1858 – 1901
(Buried: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama)
Education:
Attended Clinton College in Smith County, Tennessee
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Gainesville, Alabama
1844: Solicitor of Seventh Circuit
Served in the Mexican War rising to Lt.
1853 – 1855: Solicitor of Seventh Circuit of Alabama
1855 – 1858: Judge of Seventh Circuit Court, Alabama
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1863: Helped in the Defense of Port Gibson Mississippi
1863: Colonel of 20th Alabama Infantry Regiment
1863: Captured during the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi
1863: Prisoner of War held by the Union Army
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1863: Participated in the Chattanooga, Tennessee Campaign
1864: Participated in the Atlanta Campaign
1865: Wounded during the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina
1865: Paroled by the Union Army in Salisbury, North Carolina
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Selma, Alabama
1897 – 1907: United States Senator from Alabama
Died: July 27, 1907
Place of Death: Hot Springs, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Not Known
Age at time of Death: 86 years old
Burial Place: Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Alabama
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