Confederate general who was captured three times and went on to serve in the US Senate after the war (1821-1907); the Edmund Pettus Bridge, named in his honor, became a landmark of the Civil Rights Movement in 1965 during the Selma to Montgomery marches. TLS signed “E. W. Pettus,” one page, 8.5 x 11, October 6, 1899. Letter from Selma, responding to a biographical inquiry about notable Alabamans. In part: "Geo. E. Spencer, was a carpet-bagger. He got his seat in the Senate by military power. He never really lived in this State. When he left the Senate, he moved to the west; I think, to Colorado, and died there. I know nothing of his descendants. George Goldthwaite, Senator from Alabama, died about fifteen or twenty years ago. His home was Montgomery, Ala., when he died." In fine condition, with rusty circular paperclip impressions to the top.
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