Letter from Edmund Pettus while on board a steamer en route to Knoxville, Tennessee, to his wife, Mary, in Cahaba, Alabama.
At the time he wrote this letter, Pettus was serving as a lieutenant colonel of the 20th Alabama Infantry regiment, which he helped form. He was ultimately promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/5426 |