Francis Marion was born on Goatfield Plantation at St. John, in Berkeley
Parish, South Carolina in 1732. He was a successful planter and an
experienced Indian fighter when he joined William Moultrie's regiment in
1755, at the beginning of hostilities in the American Revolution. During
1779 and 1780 he fought under Benjamin Lincoln at Savannah and escaped
capture at Charleston by being on sick leave. Marion organized his own troop
in 1780, which, after the American defeat at Camden, in the Carolina
campaign, constituted the chief Colonial force in South Carolina. Engaging
primarily in guerrilla type warfare, he disrupted the British lines of
communication, captured scouting parties, foraging parties, and intimidated
Loyalists. His habit of disappearing into the swamps to elude the British
earned him his everlasting nickname, "The Swamp Fox." He was promoted to
Brigadier General for his actions. When General Nathaniel Greene had
succeeded in ousting the British from North Carolina (see Carolina
campaign), his Chief Lieutenant, General Light-Horse Harry Lee, brought
reinforcements to General Marion, and they took part in several battles
together. Most notably The Battle of Eutaw Springs on Sept. 8, 1781,which
was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. After the war, Francis
Marion served in the South Carolina Senate with distinction, where he
advocated a lenient policy toward the Loyalists.
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