Maney's Brigade

Historical marker location:

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

( Marker can be reached from Alexander Bridge Road west of Brotherton Road, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1890

Cheatham'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.