Francis Marion
Military Commander
1732 – 1795
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Who was Francis Marion?
Francis Marion was a military officer who served in the American Revolutionary War. Acting with Continental Army and South Carolina militia commissions, he was a persistent adversary of the British in their occupation of South Carolina in 1780 and 1781, even after the Continental Army was driven out of the state in the Battle of Camden.
Due to his irregular methods of warfare, he is considered one of the fathers of modern guerrilla warfare, and is credited in the lineage of the United States Army Rangers. He is known as the Swamp Fox.
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- Born
- Feb 26, 1732
Berkeley County - Also known as
- The Swamp Fox
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 27, 1795
Orangeburg County
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on July 23, 2013
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