Reserve Corps

Historical marker location:

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

( Marker is on Old Lafayette Road north of Gilbert Drive, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1890

Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger.

The city of Savannah, Georgia was the first planned city in America. It was laid out in a grid pattern with squares for public use, and this design was later copied by other cities throughout the country.