Francis Marion "Swamp Fox" Shirt Arkansas Most of the black soldiers

Most of the black soldiers were badly mauled

This may indicate that LaGrange was referring to a different flag in his report

Assigned to carry dispatches to Washington

The regiment totalled 744 men in July

Francis Marion "Swamp Fox" Shirt Arkansas Most of the black soldiersHistorical Background: Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, was born at his familys plantation in Berkeley County, South Carolina in 1732. A planter, Marion built his home, Pond Bluff, in 1773 in the area of Eutaw Springs, a site now beneath the waters of Lake Marion. His first military service, like Thomas Sumters, came in the Cherokee War (1759 1761), part of the larger French and Indian War. His experience in frontier warfare against the Cherokees likely