Cherokee County Museum’s “Voices of the Civil War” closes on 1-3-15.

All good things must come to an end, according to that ubiquitous source know as “they say.”  In keeping with that lore, the Cherokee County History Museum’s temporary exhibit, Cherokee Voices from the Civil War, will be closing on January 3, 2015.

The exhibit focuses on life at home, on the battleground, and from a unique African-American perspective.  The story of Cherokee County during the Civil War is told using quotes and first-hand accounts gleaned from original letters, court documents and publications.

A cornerstone of the exhibit will be the series of original letters sent from Pvt. John T. Beavers of the McAfee and Donaldson Guards to his family back in Macedonia. 

Other items on display include:

• a surgical kit
• a doctor’s textbooks
• the original speech from 1861 as presented to the Cherokee Brown Riflemen from the Ladies of Canton as they marched off to war and
• a collection of military artifacts including bullets, shells, gun tools, an artillery bucket, a Confederate cutlass, a Union officer’s sword, rifles and bayonet.

Some of the artifacts were found near Pickett’s Mill and Allatoona Pass.  Among them are canteens, belts, medals, and stirrups.

We hope you’ll visit the Cherokee County History Museum in the Historic Marble Courthouse to view these treasures.

Cherokee County History Museum Contact Info

• Suite 140, 100 North St., Canton
• Open: Wednesday – Friday from 10-5 PM and Saturdays from 10-3 PM
• The museum will be closed December 24, 25, 31 and January 1, 2015
• Stefanie Joyner at 770-345-3288
• www.rockbarn.org