Streight's Raid Trail

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1. Emma Sansom Monument, Gadsden
2. Janney Furnace, Ohatchee
3. Berman Museum of World History, Anniston
4. Gallant Pelham Statue, Jacksonville
5. Cornwall Furnace Park, Cedar Bluff

1. Emma Sansom Monument
Under gunfire, teenage heroine Emma Sansom guided Gen. Forrest's troops across Balck Creek near Gadsden on May 2, 1863. The following day, Confederate Forces captured Union Col. Streight and his entire command of 1,466 men near Cedar Bluff.

2. Janney Furnace
Alfred A. Janney began construction of the iron furnace near Ohatchee in 1863. The furnace was still under construction when it was almost completely destroyed by Union troops commanded by General Rousseau in July 1864.

3. Berman Museum of World History
Historical objects of American West, world wars, Napoleon Bonaparte, Jefferson Davis and Adolf Hitler. Swords (including one with 1295 diamonds), sacred and secular art from Asia, 19th-century European sculptors.

4. The Gallant Pelham Statue
The statue is located in the Jacksonville City Cemetary. John Pelham, born in nearby Alexandria, was an artillery expert who fought with J.E.B. Stuart and Stonewall Jackson. General Robert E. Lee referred to him as "the gallant Pelham." He was killed at age 24 at the Batlle of Kelly's Ford.

5. Cornwall Furnace Park
Erected in 1862, cold blast furnace was 1st in county to be powered by water. Furnace supplied iron ore for foundries in Rome, GA, where armaments were forged for Confederate States of America.

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