Johnson's Brigade (marker-123888)

Col. John Fulton's brigade of Tennessee regiments, in Bushrod Johnson's Division of Longstreet's wing, formed near here on September 20, 1863, and advanced past Dyer Field in the great Confederate breakthrough.

Johnson's Brigade is a historical marker in Fort Oglethorpe, Walker County, erected in 1890. It is one of 72 historical markers documented in Walker County, among 163 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.9232, -85.2754 near Fort Oglethorpe. The nearest cataloged historic site is York's (Georgia) Battery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Johnson's Brigade, Battery E, 9th Georgia Artillery Battalion, and York's Georgia Battery.

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