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Francis Marion was born in Berkeley County, Province of South Carolina around 1732. His father Gabriel Marion was a Huguenot who emigrated to the Thirteen Colonies from France at some point prior to 1700 due to the Edict of Fontainebleau and became a slaveowning planter. [3]
In the 1959–1961 American Disney television series The Swamp Fox, John Sutton portrayed Colonel Banastre Tarleton to Leslie Nielsen’s Francis Marion. In the novel Sharpe's Eagle by Bernard Cornwell (the first in the Richard Sharpe series), the novel's main antagonist, Colonel Sir Henry Simmerson is said to be a cousin of Tarleton. He relies ...
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Portrait of Confederate Colonel Theodore Washington Brevard. ... Francis comte de Castelnau (1810-1880) was a naturalist, artist and diplomat. ... Marion, in honor of his fallen brother. ...
Francis Alexander (1800–1881), ... English-born portrait painter noted for his pictures of Potawatomi and Miami figures; ... Charles Marion Russell (1864–1926), ...
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 ...
Catherine, Princess of Wales, is shown at The National Portrait Gallery on Feb. 4, 2025, in London. She joined a group of children to kick off a new initiative focused on helping young children ...
Frances Marion (born Marion Benson Owens; November 18, 1888 [1] – May 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter, director, journalist and author often cited as one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. During the course of her career, she wrote over 325 scripts. [2]