Civil War Folk Figure. At age 15, on May 2, 1863, Union soldiers burned a bridge near her family home in order to flee Confederate soldiers. Emma rode with Rebel General Nathan Bedford Forrest showing him a way for his men to cross the river. In Gadsden, Alabama there is a monument to her memory, as well as a park and a school named after her. A historical marker at the Gilmer, Texas, courthouse lawn honors her as the 'Sunbonnet Heroine' of East Texas.
Civil War Folk Figure. At age 15, on May 2, 1863, Union soldiers burned a bridge near her family home in order to flee Confederate soldiers. Emma rode with Rebel General Nathan Bedford Forrest showing him a way for his men to cross the river. In Gadsden, Alabama there is a monument to her memory, as well as a park and a school named after her. A historical marker at the Gilmer, Texas, courthouse lawn honors her as the 'Sunbonnet Heroine' of East Texas.
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Texas, honored as the chosen home and last resting place of the Confederate heroine of Alabama, pays tribute to her memory.
Erected 1964 by the Texas Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
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