Historical Marker
24th Illinois Infantry
Historical marker location:
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
( Marker can be reached from Brotherton Road east of Alexander Bridge Road, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1899
Starkweather's Brigade. Baird's Division.
In 1958, Georgia became the first state to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, although this was later overturned by the Supreme Court.