Battle of Bloody Marsh Monument

Stone monument on St. Simons Island commemorating the victory of James Oglethorpe's forces over a Spanish invasion force at the Battle of Bloody Marsh. The monument is on dry land at the edge of the marsh where the July 1742 battle was fought.

On the monument is a brass plaque that states:

WE ARE RESOLVED NOT TO SUFFER

DEFEAT - WE WILL RATHER DIE LIKE

LEONIDAS AND HIS SPARTANS - IF WE

CAN BUT PROTECT GEORGIA AND CAROL-

LINA AND THE REST OF THE AMERCANS

FROM DESOLATION -- OGLETHORPE

ERECTED ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF

BLOODY MARSH BY THE GEORGIA

SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA

AND THE GEORGIA SOCIETY OF COLONIAL

WARS IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT VICTORY

WON OVER THE SPANIARDS ON THIS SPOT

JULY 7 - 1742

TIFFANY & CO.

For more information on the battle, check the July 7 entry in the "This Day in Georgia History" series on GeorgiaInfo.

Photo: Ed Jackson

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