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.
During the Civil War, Pettus served in the 20th Alabama Infantry regiment, which he helped form; he was ultimately promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
Folder contains 29 pages of ex-slave tales compiled during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the late-1930s and general procedures for writing them.