ABSTRACT
The men were hidden behind bushes, covered with leaves and standing behind trees in the South Carolina forest. Then with a silent signal from their leader, Francis Marion, the soldiers attacked. Francis Marion was already 43 years old when the American Revolution started. The soldiers who served with him were called Marion's Men, and they were all volunteers who received no pay and had to supply their own weapons, clothes, and food. The soldiers who served with him were called Marion’s Men, and they were all volunteers who received no pay and had to supply their own weapons, clothes, and food. The British never did catch Marion, and he is credited with helping to drive the British out of South Carolina. After the war, the Swamp Fox returned to his beloved plantation and spent the rest of his life as a farmer.
