The Swamp Fox fights the Britsih

While on vacation exploring the outer islands near Charleston during the Thanksgiving Holidays, my wife and I learned more about the legendary American commander called the the Swamp Fox. His name is Marion Francis. He wrote the book on hit and run warfare fighting the British in swamps along the Carolina delta region. Badly outnumbered, the Americans came up with unique ways to fight their powerful enemy.

We came upon one of the forts "The Fox" and his men took from a 126- man British force guarding the Santee River that cuts through the state ending up at the Atlantic Ocean. For a number of days, the British would not surrender even though the Americans had surrounded the fort and cut off their supplies. Living on rations inside the fort, the British commander refused to give up the fort. The Americans got tired of the stand off. Taking a page from early military history, they built a high tower out of logs from the surrounding forest. Sharpshooters began firing down on the hapless British garrison from their commanding position. Soon, the white flags could be seen as the British gave up. Now supplies could be cut off to the British army in a camp up river in Camden, S.C. Google- The Swamp Fox, Marion Francis