Historical Marker
Harker's Brigade
Historical marker location:
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
( Marker can be reached from Vittetoe Road west of Glenn-Kelly Road, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1890
Woods Division. Crittenden'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.