Letter from Edmund Pettus in Dalton, Georgia, 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.

Bibliographic Details
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/5429
Description
Summary: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.