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  2. Francis Marion - Wikipedia

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    The city features a statue of General Marion in the town square, and has a museum which includes many artifacts related to Francis Marion; the Marion High School mascot is the Swamp Fox. Francis Marion University is located nearby in Florence County, South Carolina. The Swamp Fox is a wooden roller coaster located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

  3. Snow's Island - Wikipedia

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    Snow's Island is an area of swampy lowlands along the Pee Dee River in Florence County, South Carolina.The area is historically significant as the headquarters during the American Revolutionary War for forces led by Francis Marion (1732-1795), a South Carolina militia officer who is celebrated as the "Swamp Fox."

  4. The Swamp Fox (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    The Swamp Fox is a television miniseries produced by Walt Disney Studios and starring Leslie Nielsen as American Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The show was based on the 1959 book Swamp Fox: The Life and Campaigns of General Francis Marion by Robert D. Bass. [ 3 ]

  5. Siege of Fort Motte - Wikipedia

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    The siege of Fort Motte was a military operation during the American Revolutionary War.A force of Patriots led by General Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion and Lt. Colonel "Light Horse" Harry Lee set out to capture the British post at Fort Motte, the informal name of a plantation mansion fortified by the British for use as a depot because of its strategic location at the confluence of the Congaree ...

  6. Marion Campbell - Wikipedia

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    Francis Marion Campbell (May 25, 1929 – July 13, 2016) was an American football defensive lineman and coach. He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs from 1949 until 1951, where he was nicknamed " Swamp Fox " after Revolutionary War General Francis Marion.

  7. Carolina Marsh Tacky - Wikipedia

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    The breed was used during the American Revolution by many of the irregular forces of Francis Marion, nicknamed the "Swamp Fox". [6] The swamp savvy of the Marsh Tacky may have given Marion's forces an advantage, as British cavalry mounted on larger European breeds were not as easily able to maneuver in the dense lowland swamps. [4]

  8. Francis Marion National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Francis Marion National Forest is located north of Charleston, South Carolina. It is named for revolutionary war hero Francis Marion , who was known to the British as the Swamp Fox. It lies entirely within the Middle Atlantic coastal forests ecoregion . [ 3 ]

  9. Marion, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The site sat in a small open grassland known as Poor Prairie. For a name, they chose Marion to honor American Revolutionary War hero Gen. Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion. William and Bethany Benson had entered the quarter-quarter section of land that contained the future site of Marion just the previous year on September 8, 1838.