Emma Sansom “A True Heroine’’ By: Audrey Owens
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Emma Sansom “A True Heroine’’
By: Audrey Owens
Emma Sansom was born on June 2, 1847
She died on
August 9,
1900
Civil War Farm House
She moved with
her family to
Gadsden,
Alabama in 1852.
The Civil War started in 1861 between the Union and Confedracy.
General Nathan Bedford Forrest was told to stop Colonel Abel Streight. Colonel Streight burned down the bridge that crossed Black Creek so
General Forrest could not get across the creek and stop him.
General Forrest
saw Emma
Sansom’s farm
and went to ask
if she could show
them away to
cross the creek.
She was only 15
years old.
Emma Sansom and General
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Emma Sansom Guides General Forrest
Emma Sansom showed General Forrest
where he could cross the creek
safely. After she helped
him he asked for a lock of here hair.
The reason Emma Sansom is a hero is because she could have been killed for helping General Forrest.
Emma Sansom
Monument to Emma Sansom
This is the
monument for
Emma Sansom in
Gadsden,
Alabama.
Source:
Wikipedia and Google images