Johnson's Division

Historical marker location:

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

( Marker is on Brotherton Road east of LaFayette Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1890

Longstreet's Corps. Brigadier General Bushrod R. Johnson.

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.