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Photographer: Anonymous via James Dabney McCabe, The Centennial Book of American Biography (1876)
Caption: General Francis Marion
Additional Description: He earned his nickname as The Swamp Fox in November 1780, when his regiment evaded the British by escaping into a swamp following a seven-hour pursuit. "As for this damned old fox, the Devil himself could not catch him," said the pursuing British commander, Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton.
Submitted: November 8, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p688763
File Size: 0.044 Megabytes

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