"The War has Commenced! Batteries Opened on Fort Sumter!! Gen. Beauregard has Opened the Ball!!!" Also included is the text of a telegram sent to Colonel G. W. Gayle by J. F. Whitfield in Montgomery, Alabama, informing him of the event.
At the time he wrote this letter, Pettus was serving as a colonel of the 20th Alabama Infantry regiment, which he helped form. He was ultimately promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
At the time he wrote this letter, Pettus was serving as a colonel of the 20th Alabama Infantry regiment, which he helped form. He was ultimately promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
At the time he wrote this letter, Pettus was serving as a colonel of the 20th Alabama Infantry regiment, which he helped form. He was ultimately promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
At the time he wrote this letter, Pettus was serving as a colonel of the 20th Alabama Infantry regiment, which he helped form. He was ultimately promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
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.
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.
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.
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.