A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History of His Brigade
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He was the partisan who ran circles around the feared Banastre Tarleton, using guerilla tactics to cripple the British effort to subdue the Carolinas. Hiding out in the Low Country swamps of North and South Carolina, striking where he was least expected, Francis Marion was one of the most colorful heroes of the American Revolution. In this memoir, written by a man who served with Marion, you'll meet the real Swamp Fox. So many stories about Francis Marion's exploits have been embellished to the point of fiction. In this book, William Dobein James sets the record straight. Illustrated for the f...
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- A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF BRIG. GEN. FRANCIS MARION
- And A History of his Brigade, From its Rise in June, 1780, until Disbanded in December, 1782; With Descriptions of Characters and Scenes, not heretofore published. Containing also, An Appendix, with Copies of Letters which passed between several of the Leading Characters of that Day; Principally From Gen. Greene to Gen. Marion.
- During that Period one of Marion's Militia. At Present one of the Associate Judges in Equity, South Carolina.
- District of South-Carolina.
- Preface.
- Introduction.
- LIFE OF MARION.
- Chapter I. (EARLY HISTORY)
- Chapter II. CAMPAIGN OF 1780.
- Chapter III. CAMPAIGN OF 1781.
- Chapter IV. CAMPAIGN OF 1782.
- Gen. Marion's Epitaph.
- Appendix.
- Correspondence.
- Finis.
- Notes:
- (1) About this etext.
- Introduction to New Edition.
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