McLaw's Division

Historical marker location:

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

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

Marker installed: 1890

Longstreet's Corps. Brigadier General Joseph B. Kershaw.

Georgia was the site of the first American gold rush, but it was also the site of the first American oil rush. In 1905, oil was discovered in Bibb County, and the state's oil industry began to grow rapidly.