Charles Rinaldo Floyd ( October 14 , 1797-March 22 , 1845 ) was an American planter , politician and military leader most famous for his leading the Trail of Tears out of Georgia and for his Okefenokee Campaign during the Second Seminole War . He wrote one of the first published accounts of the Okefenokee Swamp . His diary portrays elite planter life on the Georgia frontier
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Charles Rinaldo Floyd