General Winfield Scott
By 1838, only about 2,000 Cherokees had left their Georgia homeland for Indian Territory. President Martin Van Buren sent General Winfield Scott and 7,000 soldiers to expedite the removal process. Scott and his troops forced the Cherokee into stockades at bayonet point while whites looted their homes and belongings.
It does not. At least i don't think it does. <span />
The US did not want to get involved in the war but then they were forced to when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
