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In becoming one of Georgia's biggest Revolutionary War heros, he led a successful siege on the city of Augusta in 1781 and freed it from British control.

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Elijah Clarke was an American military officer and Georgia legislator. Clarke County is Georgia is named after him due to his service in the Geogia Militia during the American Revolutionary War.

In the Siege of Augusta, on May 15 1781, he served as commander with Gral. Andrew Pickens' men .

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