Swamp Fox
To understand who Francis Marion was you have to look at his nickname, Swamp Fox. A swamp is an area of low ground filled with water or a marsh, and a fox is a group of small, wild, flesh eating animal of the dog family or a sly, cunning, deceitful person. In this case, the definition of a sly, cunning, deceitful person is used. Therefore, you can assume that Francis Marion knew the swamplands very well, and that he was a very clever person. As you can see this is very true. Francis Marion was born in 1732 in St. John's Perish, Berkley County, near Georgetown, South Carolina. He was the first generation of his ancestors to be born in America. His ancestors were originally descendants of French Huguenots who settled on the Santee River. As a young boy, Francis enjoyed exploring the swamps and wooded areas around where he lived. Sometimes he would be gone for hours on end just wandering around with his brothers or playing games in the swamps. (Bodie 21) When Francis turned fifteen, he had dreams of becoming a sailor. Against his parent's wishes, Francis set sail on a voyage from South Carolina to the West Indies. His boat sank a quarter of the way there, and he floated around on a lifeboat for a week. After this exped
In August of 1782, Marion overwhelmed Major Thomas Fraser at Fair Lawn with a surprise attack. He commanded the left side of the fort and personally aimed the cannons that prevented the British ships from reaching Charleston. On October 9, 1779, he led his regiment against the British in Savannah, Georgia in an unsuccessful assault. He is one of the south's most famous military leaders. In this advance, Marion was part of a very small group that actually survived. For eight years, their company saw no action. (Patriot) Marion was then appointed Captain of the Second Regiment, but it was not until June 1776 that he saw action. The Captain had locked all the doors to ensure that all of the guests drank his wine. Marion would not drink, so to escape from the drunken festivities Marion jumped out a second story window, fracturing his ankle. "The Blue Darter guide to the Revolution" 29 April 2003 http://darter.
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