Francis+Marion



Francis Marion was born 1732 and he died Feburary 27 1795. Born in called the swamp fox because he was fast and was very sneaky. He was a military officer who servered in the american revolutionary war. In 1775 he was a member of the South Carolina Provincial Congress. He began his military career shortly before his 25th birthday. In september 1778 Marion was comissioned as the commander of the South Carolina second state reginment and in the following year he fought under Benjamin Lincoln at the second battle of Savannah.