The South Atlantic Division and its predecessors have been engaged in military engineering and water resources development in the Southeast since the earliest days of the republic.

The Corps of Engineers is the primary engineering branch of the US Army. The Corps of Engineers
traces its origins to the Revolutionary War, when the Continental Congress organized
the Army and provided for a Chief Engineer and two assistants to supervise the design
and construction of batteries and fortifications for General Washington. Today the Corps
contains nine administrative, regional subdivisions (eight divisions and one provisional
division). Forty-two geographically-related districts comprise the various divisions. The
Corps names the districts for the city in which the district office is located, and typically
these cities developed at a significant harbor or along a major waterway. There is no
standard number of districts within in a division. The divisions also sometimes manage
special project offices and technical centers. The South Atlantic Division consists of six
Southeastern districts: Wilmington, Charleston, Caribbean, Savannah, Jacksonville and Mobile. Other districts have been created within SAD, and later closed; and some districts have been
moved in and later out of SAD (or out and later back in).

The division was officially formed in 1929, with headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. In 1943, the division headquarters moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where it has resided ever since.

A history of the division and its work from the end of World War II through 2011 was published in 2012. To have a copy emailed to you in .pdf format please contact: Tyler.J.Perry2@usace.army.mil