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By David Tibbs, 2008
Gadsden Confederate Memorial Marker-Heros
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Broad Street at South 1st Street, in the median on Broad Street. |
| | In memory of the Gadsden Alabama girl heroine Emma Sansom, who when the bridge across Black Creek had been burned by the enemy, mounted behind Gen. Forest and showed him a ford where his command crossed. He pursued and captured that enemy and . . . — — Map (db m12297) HM |
| On West Meighan Boulevard (Local Road 431) east of North 22nd Street, in the median. |
| | Here girl heroine led Forrest’s (CSA) men across Black Creek on way to capture Streight’s (USA) raiders.
This saved the railroad supplying Confederate Army of Tennessee. — — Map (db m39131) HM |
| Near West Meighan Boulevard (Local Road 431) east of North 22nd Street, in the median. |
| | Here on the morning of May 2, 1863 Emma Sansom braved the fire of Colonel Streight’s sharpshooters as she guided General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his gallant cavalrymen to the ford at this spot where they crossed Black Creek, at that time a raging . . . — — Map (db m39340) HM |
May. 8, 2024