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Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence, wounded and captured at the Battle of Savannah in December 1778. After his exchange, Walton served as Governor of Georgia and participated in reconstituting state government in Augusta during the British occupation of Savannah.

Georgia signer of the U.S. Constitution and Augusta-area resident who served in the Continental Congress and Georgia militia during the Revolution. Along with Abraham Baldwin, he was one of two Georgians to sign the Constitution in 1787.

British Loyalist officer known as "Burnfoot Brown" after Patriots burned his feet in 1775. Commanded the British garrison at Augusta from 1780 until the June 1781 surrender of Fort Cornwallis to Pickens and Lee. His use of Cherokee and Creek allies made the Augusta theater particularly brutal.

Georgia frontier militia leader who mounted two major assaults on British Augusta — a failed attempt in September 1780 and the successful 1781 siege with Pickens and Lee. His men formed the backbone of Georgia Patriot resistance during the British occupation.

South Carolina Presbyterian elder and militia general called "The Wizard Owl" by the Cherokee. Commanded the successful 1781 Patriot siege of Augusta alongside Light-Horse Harry Lee and Elijah Clarke, capturing Fort Cornwallis on June 5, 1781.

British Loyalist officer who commanded Fort Grierson, a smaller fortification in Augusta taken by the Patriots before the main siege of Fort Cornwallis in 1781. Grierson was killed shortly after his capture — shot by a Georgia militiaman whose family he had reportedly abused during the occupation.

Legendary Georgia frontier woman said to have captured six Tory soldiers at her cabin west of Augusta after they demanded food and lodging. Her story, combining frontier toughness with Patriot conviction, made her a Georgia state symbol; Hart County is named for her.

Virginia Continental cavalry officer commanding Lee's Legion, a combined-arms unit of dragoons and infantry. His corps constructed the Mayham Tower at Augusta that overtopped Fort Cornwallis's walls and forced Brown's surrender on June 5, 1781.