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20 de abr. de 2021 · Ambush: Francis Marion and the Art of Guerrilla Warfare. By Paul David Reuwer and Douglas W. Bostick, South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust • April 20, 2021 • Updated April 23, 2021. The Parker’s Ferry Battlefield retrains an air of mystery suitable to the legend and legacy of the Swamp Fox. Chris M. Rogers.
Parker’s Ferry was a major thoroughfare crossing the Pon Pon River (Edisto River) about 33 miles west of Charleston. Here Brigadier General Francis Marion planned a famously successful ambuscade. British and Loyalist troops were operating in the summer of 1781 throughout the Lowcountry around Charleston, foraging for provisions and attempting ...
When the army reached a defile where a previous force of regulars and militia had been ambushed, Grant chose Marion to disperse any Cherokees who were laying in ambush. Taking a group of 30 men, Marion fought a sharp action in which 21 of his men became casualties.
13 de nov. de 2009 · Patriots ambush Loyalists as French set sail. On August 13, 1781, Patriot forces led by Colonel William Harden and Brigadier General Francis Marion, known as the “Swamp Fox,” lure British...
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While the British and Loyalists occupied Charleston in the fall of 1780, Patriot Colonel Francis Marion and his brigade of unconventional fighters patrolled the Lowcountry, destroying supply routes and executing guerrilla raids against the enemy in the swamps and forests of rural South Carolina.
8 de feb. de 2017 · Known for his cunning and resourcefulness, Francis Marion earned the moniker the "Swamp Fox" for his exploits during the Revolutionary War, which also inspired many colorful interpretations of his life and military career.
Francis Marion was a colonial American soldier in the American Revolution (1775–83), nicknamed the “Swamp Fox” by the British for his elusive tactics. Marion gained his first military experience fighting against the Cherokee Indians in 1759.
