A Guide to the Images of the Bronze Map on the Lawn of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
71. Emma Sansom Guides General Forrest
near Gadsden, Etowah County
During the Civil War, teenager Emma Sansom became a heroine of the Confederacy when she guided Confederate
General Nathan Bedford Forrest across Black Creek in pursuit of Union General Abel Streight and his forces.
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