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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 cavalrymen to the ford at this spot, where they crossed Black Creek while it was a raging torrent. Her act enabled General Forrest to continue pursuing Colonel Streight and his army of raiders and to force their surrender twenty one miles southwest of Rome, Georgia.
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Gadsden, Alabama · United States
