South Carolina – Revolutionary War Hero – General Francis Marion


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General Brigadier Francis Marion, known as "The Swamp Fox," was one of the fathers of modern guerilla warfare. The Mel Gibson film, The Patriot, was influenced by Marion's military exploits. Some Brits still feel pangs of resentment from Marion's guerilla styling. British author Neil Norman, writing in The Evening Standard, called Marion "a thoroughly unpleasant dude who was, basically, a terrorist."

A Georgetown native, Marion was famous for his uncanny ability to elude and outsmart British forces. He typically led groups of irregular troops who were troops who fought without pay, supplied their own arms and horses, and in many cases, even their own food. Many of their supplies were captured from British or Loyalist armies.

Biography of Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox"

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