page_title: Emma Sansom High School
hierarchical_section_title: Emma Sansom High School
caption_attribution_description: English: Emma Sanson Middle School was originally built as a high school in 1929 in memory of a Confederate heroine, Emma Sansom.
context_page_description: Emma Sansom High School was a high school located in Gadsden, Alabama. It was named for a young girl who was credited with helping General Nathan Bedford Forrest to cross Black Creek in Gadsden, Alabama and get his troops ahead of the Union troops thus stopping the impending attack upon Rome, Georgia during the Civil War.
context_section_description: Emma Sansom High School (opened 1929 - closed 2006) was a high school located in Gadsden, Alabama.  It was named for a young girl (Emma Sansom) who was credited with helping General Nathan Bedford Forrest to cross Black Creek in Gadsden, Alabama and get his troops ahead of the Union troops thus stopping the impending attack upon Rome, Georgia during the Civil War.
caption: Outside spring photo of Emma Sansom Middle School
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