francis marion

     

This guerrilla known as "The Swamp Fox" led quick raids on the British & then fled back to the marshes

Trivia about francis marion

  • In 1780 this "Swamp Fox" was appointed Brigadier General of the South Carolina militia
  • "The Partisan" is one of several W.G. Simms novels that feature this "Swamp Fox" of the Revolutionary War
  • This "foxy" general usually struck the British at night & then fled back into the swamps of the Carolinas