Georgia's long and rich military history began in England in the early 1730s. Under the direction of London aristocrat, Sir James Edward Oglethorpe, the future colonists were trained by Sergeants of the Guard. Soon after settling Georgia in 1733, now General Oglethorpe's militia, along with his British regulars were called upon to drive Spanish invaders from the colony's shores at the battle of Bloody Marsh, 7 July 1742.
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