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Francis Marion was a great military leader
from Berkeley County, South Carolina.His first experience
was in a colonial militia.In his early life he lived on a
farm with his family.He was born in 1732 and died in 1795 at
63 years of age.He was otherwise known as the Swamp Fox of
the Revolution because the British could not catch him. He
led them through swamps and marshes. He darted out of swamps
and attacked.
Francis Marion was also a part of the
Revolutionary War against the British.All of his attacks
were successful against the Cherokee Indians and the
British.He helped fight for freedom from the British in the
American Revolution.Francis is famous because the British
could not catch him through swamps and marshes and because
of this the British gave him his nick-name the "Swamp
Fox".He led a group of soldiers and he admired his men
greatly.He said about them," No citizens in the world have
done more than they have''.Francis Marion was a very serious
man with a serious type scowl look on his face . He was very
skinny and looks as if he were about 5'6" inches tall.He was
very well behaved.
After the war he peacefully died on his
plantation in South Carolina.Francis Marion was a famous
military leader known as the Swamp Fox of the Revolution.He
was successful in battle and helped win America's
freedom.
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