Carrying off the Cherokee: History of Buffington's Company Georgia Mounted Militia

by John W. Latty

Book Overview

Captain Ezekiel Buffington's Company of Georgia Mounted Militia served in a unique and difficult military campaign. Because of the way in which the Cherokee removal has been viewed through the years, the soldiers, especially the State militiamen, have been either ignored or vilified. This book is an effort to tell the story of one of those companies. Buffington's men were frontiersmen from Hall County Georgia which had been created from Cherokee land...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146090205X
• ISBN13: 9781460902059
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"