Emma Sansom | |
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| Born | 2 August 1847 near Social Circle, Georgia, U.S.A. |
| Died | 9 August 1900 (aged 53) Upshur County, Texas, U.S.A. |
Emma Sansom (June 2, 1847 – August 9, 1900) was an Alabama teen-ager and farm worker noted for her actions during the American Civil War (1861-1865), during which she assisted the defense campaign of the mounted cavalry in the Confederate Army's then Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877), during the Streight's Raid by Union Army cavalry under command of Col. Abel Streight in April-May 1863.
Activists 157 years later in the 2020 racial protests, including descendants of Sansom herself, called for the removal of a statue previously erected commemorating her in Gadsden, Alabama.[1]
- ^ Morris, Scott (2020-06-29). "Descendants Want to Remove Gadsden's Emma Sansom Monument". BirminghamWatch. Retrieved 2023-01-20.