Swamp Fox

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Swamp Fox

• father of modern
  Guerrilla Warfare

By Nate Cossin
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Swamp Foxs life at a glance

• Swamp Foxs real name was Francis Marion.
• Francis was born on Feb. 26, 1732 in Berkeley
  County, S.C.
• He died at the rank of Brigadier General on Feb.
  27, 1795 at the age of 63.

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Francis Marions early life

• Francis grow up with six brothers and sisters in
  South Carolina.
• When Francis was 15 he decided to became a
  sailor. He lived in Georgetown, South Carolina,
  near the Atlantic coast.
• While on a trip to the West Indies, a whale
  rammed the schooner Francis was on.
• The captain and crew escaped but could not save
  the food and water.

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Early Military Career

• Before he was 25 on Jan. 1, 1757 Captain John
  Postell recruited Francis and his brother Gabriel
  for service in the French and Indian War to
  fight the Cherokee.

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American Revolution Service

• In 1775 the Swamp Fox was giving command, Captain
  of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment.
• When the British attacked Charleston Harbor, the
  2nd S.C. Regiment help defended Fort Sullivan and
  Fort Moultrie.
• 1776 the Continental Congress made him a
  lieutenant-colonel.

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Revolution Service cont.

• 1776 he take part in the the siege of Savannah,
  Georgia.
• 1780 under General Benjamin Lincoln helped train
  militia
• for the American
• Continental Army.

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Revolution Service cont.

• He escaped capture when Charleston fell on May
  12, 1780 because of a broken ankle.
• After the loss of Charleston, Marion organized a
  small guerrilla unit of about 20-70 men the
  first troops to fight using a method called
  Guerrilla Warfare.
• The only troops to defend North Carolina at the
  time.

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What is Guerrilla warfare?

• Guerrilla warfare is a type of warfare in which
  small groups of fast and ghost-like irregulars
  fight against larger regular forces.

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Guerrilla War Begins

• He later joined Gen. Horatio Gates just before
  the battle.
• But Gates did not trust Marion so sent him to
  command Williamsburg Militia where Marion
  conducted scouting missions in the Pee Dee area
  of South Carolina.

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Guerrilla War cont.

• Marion missed the battle but managed to recapture
  150 Maryland P.O.Ws and about 20 of the British
  guards.
• The Maryland troops thought the war was over and
  deserted Marion.
• In their defense, Marions militiamen or
  guerillas unlike the Continental troops went
  without pay and supplied everything they used.

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Bib.

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion
• https//collaborationnation.wikispaces.com/file/vi
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• http//media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/81/1230
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• http//www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/248353/g
  uerrilla-warfare