Marion

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2017-06-27 13:49
Text: 
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek"
Character Key: 
Francis Marion
Display Name: 
Marion
Sort Name: 
Marion, Francis
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Colonial American Officer
First Mentioned: 
Sartoris Plantation in "My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek" (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1732 to Wednesday, December 31, 1732
Origin: 
South Carolina
Other Texts: 
Requiem for a Nun
Biography: 

Nicknamed "Swamp Fox," Colonel Francis Marion became famous as a guerilla fighter against the British during the American Revolution. Like Colonel Sartoris, he led a small troop of men that harassed the British forces; this is the long campaign that Backhouse refers to when he says his grandfather was "with Marion all through Carolina" (682).

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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