Streight's Raid
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Streight's Raid took place in northern Alabama during the American Civil War. It was led by Union Army Col. Abel D. Streight and opposed by the Confederate States Army of Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford For
Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, C.S.A. (1820-1877)
Capture site of Col. Abel
Col. Abel D. Streight, U.S.A., (1828-1892)
Emma Sansom
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Emma Sansom was an Alabama teenager and farm worker noted for her actions during the American Civil War, during which she assisted the defensive campaign of the mounted cavalry in the Confederate Army
Streight's Raid
…while pursued by Forrest, who had the advantage of knowing the home territory and the sympathy and aid of the local Alabama populace, most famously of Emma Sansom (1847-1900), who later had a statue erected for her in Gadsden, Alabama, which subsequently became controversial in 2020. The actual capture of Col…
Monument to Emma Sansom