Historical Marker
Wrights Brigade
Historical marker location:
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
( Memorial can be reached from Brotherton Road when traveling south.)
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.