United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Saint Simons Island, 31.15051, -81.369541708/2022In the 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh on St. Simons Island, General Oglethorpe's soldiers defeated Spanish forces in what was the only Spanish invasion of Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear. The battle earned its name from its location rather than from the number of casualties, which were minimal.Photograph of Bloody Marsh, on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Tall marsh grasses cover the swampy land. In the 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh on St. Simons Island, General Oglethorpe's soldiers defeated Spanish forces in what was the only Spanish invasion of Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear. The battle earned its name from its location rather than from the number of casualties, which were minimal.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/colonial-coastal-fortificationshttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/war-jenkins-earhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/battle-bloody-marshForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/colonial-coastal-fortificationshttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/war-jenkins-earhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/battle-bloody-marshForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaMarshes--Georgia--Saint Simons IslandSalt marshes--Georgia--Saint Simons IslandBarrier islands--GeorgiaGrasses--GeorgiaBattlefields--Georgia--Saint Simons IslandBloody MarshStillImage