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American military officer, planter and politician (–)

Brigadier General Francis Marion (c.&#; – February 27, ), 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.

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 to

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.

Army's 75th Ranger Regiment.^[1][2]

Early life

Francis Marion was born in Berkeley County, Province of South Carolina around His father Gabriel Marion was a Huguenot who emigra