In May , 1838 , Eustis took command of Fort Butler , one of the main military posts built for the forced removal of the Cherokee known as the Trail of Tears . Nearly 5,000 Cherokee of North Carolina and adjacent Georgia were taken to Fort Butler , thence to the main internment camp at Fort Cass . The troops stationed at Fort Butler were those of Eustis 's command from the Second Seminole War in Florida ( Duncan 2003:190 )
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Abraham Eustis