Thoughts from Nick

The Swamp Fox – also known as Francis Marion – had a very interesting life. He was born in 1732 on his father’s plantation in South Carolina. He went from working on his father’s plantation to being a crewmen on a ship, to fighting in the French and Indian War, to buying a plantation in 1773 named Pond Bluff, to being put in charge of the Second Regiment in the Colonial Army. His first assignment in the War of Independence was to guard the American artillery and to build Fort Sullivan in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. For three years, beginning in 1775, he took charge of a small militia and used guerrilla tactics to surprise enemy regiments. After the war, he settled down to the quiet life of a farmer on his plantation. He married his cousin when they were both in their late 40's.

Many people tend to overlook the part that Marion played in keeping the British from conquering the South. If they had done this, George Washington would have been trapped between the two British forces, possibly leading to our defeat. The war might have gone on, but the colonies would have starved. Marion’s strategies were exactly what our country needed to win, and God provided the right person at the right time.

I will be writing more on this hero as time goes on.