Francis Marion

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a brief insight into Francis Marion

Francis Marion know as "the swamp fox" revolutionary officer from Berkeley county south Carolina.
commissioned officer in the south Carolina second regiment  he also led a band of irregular fighters in the back and low country swamps of south Carolina fighting the British troops under lord Cornwallis.
Francis Marion is the father of guerrilla warfare and is recognized as such at various war colleges. general Marion was a lifelong citizen soldier and planter living on his plantation pond bluff which now lies under lake Marion in central south Carolina. he fought as lieutenant in the french and Indian war in the 1750s.

 one interesting fact about his life is that he was carried out of Charleston in 1780 with a broken ankle suffered when he jumped out of a window to escape a loyalist trap, thus avoiding the fall of Charleston on under general Benjamin Lincoln and his 5,000 continental troops. after Charleston had fallen and the Americans were driven from the field at the battle of Camden in august of 1780 general Marion and his band of irregulars. native Americans were the only organized fighting force in action in America as general Washington army was at stalemate outside of British occupied new york.

battel brief

Battle Background:

In Lexington (near Massachusetts,) the British hoped to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock. In Concord, British troops were to seize control of the colonial’s gunpowder.

Military leadership:

The militia leaders of the British military during this battle are General Thomas Gage and Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith. The militia leader of the continental army during this battle is Major General Joseph Warren.

 

               

Thomas Gage                            Francis smith                          Joseph warren

Plans and Objectives:

General Gage of the British army had a secret plan that sparked the battles of Lexington and Concord. In the early morning of April 19, 1775, General Gage sent out waves of British troops for ambush in the 13 colonies. On April 7, 1775, with the threat of British troop movement, Joseph Warren sent Paul Revere to warn the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in Concord. When warning was received, Concord residents began moving the military supplies away from the town. The colonials were warned in time and were prepared for war. When the British troops began to lose their raid on Lexington, they retreated towards Boston where new waves of warned Colonial militia were able to obstruct them. In way to Concord, colonials marched with new regiments who had joined them. From there, the British retreated towards Boston.

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Results:

The British’ plans failed and were forced to retreat.

Bibliography:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Warren

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord

www.ushistory.org/us/11c.asp