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Legends Abound in South Carolina's low country, yet one eclipses them all. A larger-than-life figure whose mastery of the region's tangled swamps and marshes

terrified the British during the Revolutionary War, a man who could reportedly summon

battalions of soldiers from within the forest and then disappear into the darkness.

It was rumored that he blew up the Georgetown artillery with a single match, and if he take

a ghost tour of the city today, you'll hear stories of his spirit guiding lost travelers

through the swamp. There is some measure of truth to hear stories of his spirit guiding lost travelers through the swamp.

There is some measure of truth to the stories of this terrible figure. His name was Francis Marion,

and his actions during the war for America's independence earned him the nickname the Swamp Fox.

Marion was born in January of 1732 near what is now Berkeley County, 30 miles inland from the city of Charleston.

He grew up outdoors, becoming an avid fisherman and hunter, and because of this, he gained an intimate knowledge of the swamps and forests along the Cooper and Edisto rivers,

and was an expert in navigating them.

He further expanded his skills when he served as a militia lieutenant in the French and Indian

War, where his familiarity with the frontier proved valuable as a scout and as a commander

of irregular detachments that relied on ambush, raid movement, and intimate use of terrain.

In 1780, Charleston became a major focus of British

strategy, which aimed to seize the city and use it as a stronghold in the fight against

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