Battle for Georgia

This marker, at the St. Marys visitor center, points toward Fort Frederica, where in 1742 James Oglethorpe's forces repelled a Spanish invasion at the Battle of Bloody Marsh, helping secure Georgia as a British colony.

Battle for Georgia is a historical marker in St. Marys, Camden County. It is one of 32 historical markers documented in Camden County, among 70 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 30.7538, -81.6500 near St. Marys. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cumberland Island National Seashore (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include WW II Torpedo, The State Of Georgia Salutes, and Carlton Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.