Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Francis Marion, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler, John Adair, Thomas Sumter, Edward Rutledge, Ezekiel Polk, David Ramsay, Andrew Pickens, Henry Mouzon, Robert Anderson, Benjamin Guerard, James Williams, Paul Hamilton, Arnoldus Vanderhorst, Oscar Marion, Robert Barnwell, William Butler, Francis Kinloch, Thomas Moore, Isaac Hayne, John Barnwell, Levi Casey, John Simpson, Benjamin Huger, Richard Winn, Paul Trapier, Peter Horry. Excerpt: Francis Marion (c. 1732 - February 26, 1795) was a military officer who served in the American Revolutionary War. Acting with Continental Army and South Carolina militia commissions, he was a persistent adversary of the British in their occupation of South Carolina in 1780 and 1781, even after the Continental Army was driven out of the state in the Battle of Camden. Due to his irregular methods of warfare, he is considered one of the fathers of modern guerrilla warfare, and is credited in the lineage of the United States Army Rangers. His grandparents were Benjamin and Judith Baluet Marion of French Huguenot origin, and Anthony and Esther Baluet Cordes. His parents Gabriel and Esther had six children: Esther, Isaac, Gabriel, Benjamin, Job and Francis. The family settled at Winyah, near Georgetown, South Carolina. Probably in 1732, Francis Marion was born on their plantation in Berkeley County, South Carolina. When he was aged five or six, his family moved to a plantation in St. George, a parish on Winyah Bay. Apparently, they wanted to be near the English school in Georgetown. In 1759 he moved to Pond Bluff plantation near Eutaw Springs, in St. John's Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina. When Francis was 15 he signed on as the sixth crewman of a schooner heading for the West Indies. As they were returning, a whale rammed the schooner and caused a plank to come loose. The captain and ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with South Carolina Militiamen in the American Revolution: Francis Marion, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler, John Adair, Thomas Sumter. To get started finding South Carolina Militiamen in the American Revolution: Francis Marion, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler, John Adair, Thomas Sumter, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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South Carolina Militiamen in the American Revolution: Francis Marion, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler, John Adair, Thomas Sumter
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Francis Marion, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler, John Adair, Thomas Sumter, Edward Rutledge, Ezekiel Polk, David Ramsay, Andrew Pickens, Henry Mouzon, Robert Anderson, Benjamin Guerard, James Williams, Paul Hamilton, Arnoldus Vanderhorst, Oscar Marion, Robert Barnwell, William Butler, Francis Kinloch, Thomas Moore, Isaac Hayne, John Barnwell, Levi Casey, John Simpson, Benjamin Huger, Richard Winn, Paul Trapier, Peter Horry. Excerpt: Francis Marion (c. 1732 - February 26, 1795) was a military officer who served in the American Revolutionary War. Acting with Continental Army and South Carolina militia commissions, he was a persistent adversary of the British in their occupation of South Carolina in 1780 and 1781, even after the Continental Army was driven out of the state in the Battle of Camden. Due to his irregular methods of warfare, he is considered one of the fathers of modern guerrilla warfare, and is credited in the lineage of the United States Army Rangers. His grandparents were Benjamin and Judith Baluet Marion of French Huguenot origin, and Anthony and Esther Baluet Cordes. His parents Gabriel and Esther had six children: Esther, Isaac, Gabriel, Benjamin, Job and Francis. The family settled at Winyah, near Georgetown, South Carolina. Probably in 1732, Francis Marion was born on their plantation in Berkeley County, South Carolina. When he was aged five or six, his family moved to a plantation in St. George, a parish on Winyah Bay. Apparently, they wanted to be near the English school in Georgetown. In 1759 he moved to Pond Bluff plantation near Eutaw Springs, in St. John's Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina. When Francis was 15 he signed on as the sixth crewman of a schooner heading for the West Indies. As they were returning, a whale rammed the schooner and caused a plank to come loose. The captain and ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with South Carolina Militiamen in the American Revolution: Francis Marion, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler, John Adair, Thomas Sumter. To get started finding South Carolina Militiamen in the American Revolution: Francis Marion, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler, John Adair, Thomas Sumter, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.