A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . equality! Thus were the war clouds as-suming shape. The next ten yearswas to be a period of preparation 104 A History of Rome and Floyd County in thought and to a considerableextent at its close preparation inarms and munitions of war. Someyears before this, statesmen andmilitary leaders saw the prospectclearly. In 1844 Lieut. Wm. , just out of West Point,was ordered to go by horsebackfrom Charleston to Marietta toassist in hearing claim
A history of Rome and Floyd County, State of Georgia, United States of America; including numerous incidents of more than local interest, 1540-1922 . equality! Thus were the war clouds as-suming shape. The next ten yearswas to be a period of preparation 104 A History of Rome and Floyd County in thought and to a considerableextent at its close preparation inarms and munitions of war. Someyears before this, statesmen andmilitary leaders saw the prospectclearly. In 1844 Lieut. Wm. , just out of West Point,was ordered to go by horsebackfrom Charleston to Marietta toassist in hearing claims of Georgiavolunteers in the Seminole War forlest horses and equipment. Afterfinishing at Marietta, he passedthrough Cass (now Bartow)County, and examined the TumlinIndian mound near Cartersvillewith Col. Lewis Tumlin ; then pro-ceeded to Bellefonte, Jackson Co.,Ala., to continue his duties. Hemade a thorough study of thecountry from the military stand-point, especially Kennesaw^ Moun-tain, AUatoona Pass and the Eto-wah river.* After spending twomonths at Bellefonte, he returnedto Ft. Moultrie, Charleston Har-bor, on horsel)ack via Rome, AUa-. toona, Marietta (and Kennesaw),Atlanta, Macon and Augusta, fol-lowing closely parts of the routehe took 20 years later on hisMarch to the Sea.** Another distinguished guest ofRome who came on a differentmission was Jefterson Davis;***and still another, on Tuesday, , 1850, was Col. Albert J. Pick-ett, of Alabama, concerning Avhosemission the Rome Weekly Courierof Thursday, Oct. 31, 1850, printedthe following notice : Col. Pickett On DeSotos Route.—Col. Albert J. Pickett, of Montgomery,Ala., author of the History of Ala-bama and incidentally of Georgia andMississippi, entertained a large num-ber of our citizens for two hours Tues-day evening at the courthouse, givingan interesting account of the invasionof Georgia by DeSoto, more than threecenturies ago. Col. Pickett is in pos-session of a more minute account ofthis remarkable adve
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