BHM Lunch & Learn: Carrying Off the Cherokee

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Carrying Off the Cherokee

In May of 1838, 7,000 men under General Winfield Scott were ordered to remove approximately 15,000 Cherokees in the Cherokee Nation. The general’s headquarters were at New Echota, the Cherokee National Capital. The soldiers and militiamen were sent to bring in the Cherokees. They were held in stockades built in several various locations across the Cherokee Nation until they departed for Indian Territory. This westward journey is referred to as the Trail of Tears. On Wednesday, July 18, 2012, from noon until 1:00 p.m., the Bartow History Museum welcomes author, John W. Latty.  Mr. Latty will discuss his new book, Carrying off the Cherokee, which documents the Cherokee Removal from the vantage point of a mounted militia company (of which his fourth great grandfather, Private John Latty, was a member). 

The source material is primarily from original records located at the National Archives, which has never been seen or written on before.  It contains accounts of the company's activities while at New Echota and the surrounding area.  The presentation will emphasize that activity.  Book signing to follow. 

Lunch and Learn lecture will take place at the Bartow History Museum located at 4 E. Church Street in downtown Cartersville.  Parking is available next to the building.  The lecture is free to members and included with the price of admission for not-yet members.  Guests are invited to bring a lunch beginning at 11:45 a.m. and the program will begin at noon.  For more information on this and other BHM programs, call 770-382-3818, ext. 6288 or visit our website at www.bartowhistorymuseum.org.