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In 1863 teenager Emma Sansom rode behind Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest to show him a hidden ford across Alabama's flooded Black Creek, helping him catch Colonel Streight's Union raiders. Forrest credited the Alabama girl with his victory.
In Memory of Emma Sansom is a historical marker in Social Circle, Walton County, erected in 1928. It is one of 22 historical markers documented in Walton County, among 105 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.6562, -83.7198 near Social Circle. The nearest cataloged historic site is Social Circle (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hightower Trail, The March to the Sea, and Circle View Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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