Francis Marion
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, British Empire, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Revolutionary History (1776-1788), American Early National History (1789-1815)
Article abstract: Military significance: In 1780, he formed Marion’s Brigade, a band of volunteers whose guerrilla activities served to frustrate British attempts to control the south after the fall of Charleston.
Francis Marion was a captain in the South Carolina Second Regiment at the outbreak of the American Revolution (1775-1783). In 1776, at Charleston, he fired the last shot at the retreating British fleet. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Continental Establishment, a rank he held when he avoided being taken prisoner after Charleston fell to...
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