Introduction

What do you think would be required to have a statue erected in your honor or to have a school named after you? Most statues and historical monuments are erected to honor great men who had long and extraordinary careers in the military or in politics. However, the image below depicts a statue of a female teenager who also had a school named for her.

In 1906, a statue was erected honoring a teen-aged Alabamian who did something extraordinary during the Civil War. Unless you are from the Gadsden area you probably do not know who she was or why she was honored. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, people are awesome whatever their age! In this lesson you will learn more about this young lady and other people and events related to Alabama's involvement in the Civil War.

Statue of Emma Sansom in Gadsden

Gadsden statue of Emma Sansom.

Encyclopedia of Alabama. (n.d.) Emma Sansom statue. [Image] Available at: http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-3404

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to:

  • Describe the involvement of Alabama in the Civil War.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: United States History I: Objectives: 14.6.

This lesson incorporates the following Literacy Standards: R1, R6, R9, W1, W7, W8, W9, and W10.

 

 

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