![]() ![]() ![]() Guerrilla campaigns General Marion Inviting a British Officer to Share His Meal by John Blake White his slave Oscar Marion kneels at the left of the group. At this point, Marion was still hobbling on his slowly healing ankle. After the loss of Charleston and the defeats suffered by Isaac Huger's men at the Battle of Monck's Corner and Abraham Buford's troops at the Battle of Waxhaws (near the North Carolina border, in what is now Lancaster County), Marion organized a small military unit, which at first consisted of between 20 and 70 men and was the only force then opposing the British in the region. Clinton led part of the force that had captured Charleston back to New York, but a significant number stayed for operations under Lord Charles Cornwallis in the Carolinas. Marion was not captured with the rest of the city's garrison when Charleston capitulated on May 12, 1780, as he had broken an ankle in an accident and had left the city to recuperate. Siege of Charleston Ī British force led by Sir Henry Clinton entered South Carolina in the early spring of 1780 and laid siege to Charleston. In the autumn of 1779, he took part in the siege of Savannah, a failed Franco-American attempt to capture the capital of Georgia which had been previously occupied by British forces. In September 1776, the Continental Congress commissioned Marion as a lieutenant colonel. Marion served with Moultrie in the defense of Fort Sullivan from a Royal Navy attack on June 28, 1776. American Revolutionary War Early service ĭuring the American Revolution, Marion supported the Patriot cause and on June 21, 1775, he was commissioned as an officer in the Continental Army's 2nd South Carolina Regiment (commanded by William Moultrie) at the rank of captain. Marion also saw service during the Anglo-Cherokee War. On January 1, 1757, Francis and his brother, Job, were recruited by Captain John Postell to serve in the South Carolina Militia during the French and Indian War. Marion began his military career shortly before his 25th birthday. French and Indian War įurther information: Great Britain in the Seven Years' War In the following years, Marion managed the family's plantation, including overseeing the activities of the family's slaves. Marion was born on his family's plantation, and at approximately the age of 15, he was hired on a merchant ship bound for the West Indies which sank on his first voyage the crew escaped on a lifeboat but had to spend one week at sea before reaching land. His father Gabriel Marion was a Huguenot who emigrated to the Thirteen Colonies from France at some point prior to 1700 due to the Edict of Fontainebleau and became a slaveowning planter. įrancis Marion was born in Berkeley County, South Carolina c. Though he never commanded a field army or served as a commander in a major engagement, Marion's use of irregular warfare against the British has led him to be considered one of the fathers of guerrilla and maneuver warfare, and his tactics form a part of the modern-day military doctrine of the U.S. ![]() During the American Revolution, Marion supported the Patriot cause and enlisted in the Continental Army, fighting against British forces in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War from 1780 to 1781. Brigadier General Francis Marion ( c. 1732 – February 27, 1795), also known as the "Swamp Fox", was an American military officer, planter, and politician who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. ![]()
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