Historical Marker
Deas Brigade
Historical marker location:
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
( Marker is on LaFayette Road south of Dyer Road, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1890
Hindman's Division. Polk's Corps.
Georgia was the site of the first European settlement in what is now the United States. In 1565, the Spanish established a settlement on St. Simons Island, which is now part of Georgia.