Manning in Clarendon County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago

(National Guard & Reserves of 1780)

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 23, 2009

1. Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago Marker

Inscription. During the American Revolution, the militia like Marion's Brigade was totally dependent on a man with a horse and a gun who tended his farm and responded to Marion's call to arms. Marion rides this horse before battle at Black Mingo. Marion and Oscar summon farmer-soldier from his crops. These farmer-soldiers cut the supply lines, intimidated the Tories from Charleston to Camden, and thwarted and embarrassed the British from the Pee Dee to the Santee River.

Erected 2003 by Citizens of Clarendon County, Town of Manning, The Piggly Wiggly and the Chamber of Commerce.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 33° 41.445′ N, 80° 12.753′ W. Marker is in Manning, South Carolina, in Clarendon County. It is on South Mill Street near Sunset Drive (U.S. 301), on the right when traveling south. Located on East wall of Piggly Wiggly. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Manning SC 29102, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee

and in Santee

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Cooper Country.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ambush At Benbow's Ferry (within shouting distance of this marker); Help for Marion's Militia, 1780-1781 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Clarendon County Confederate Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Clarendon County / Manning (approx. 0.3 miles away); Swamp Fox at Ox Swamp (approx. 0.3 miles away); Clarendon County Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Battle of Wyboo Swamp (approx. 0.3 miles away); Murray's Ferry - Santee River (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manning.

Additional commentary.
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Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago Mural and Marker (seen at far right) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 23, 2009

2. Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago Mural and Marker (seen at far right)

From the Swamp Fox Murals Trail,Artists: Dayton & Sandy Wodrich, Brenham, Texas.

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— Submitted August 8, 2013, by C Summers of Manning, South Carolina.

2.
Each mural of The Swamp Fox Mural Trail has a fox hidden within the mural. The moniker "Swamp Fox" was given to Francis Marion by British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton, who was frustrated in his attempts to catch Marion. In this mural, the fox is in the left panel behind the tobacco plant between the horses.

— Submitted August 1, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.

Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago left panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 23, 2009

3. Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago left panel

Marion , on hoseback, and Oscar, his reported slave/ servent, but more friend and comrade

Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago Mural, center panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 23, 2009

4. Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago Mural, center panel

The farmer-soldier of Marion's Brigade

Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago Mural right panel : Swamp Fox Mural Trails image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, October 23, 2009

5. Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago Mural right panel : Swamp Fox Mural Trails

Crops for Marion's Brigade

The hidden presence of Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, April 6, 2024

6. The hidden presence of Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox"

Hidden behind the tobacco plant between the horses on the left side of the panel.

Photographed by Mark Parker, April 6, 2024

7. Citizen Soldier 220 Years Ago Marker

Facing due west, the marker has suffered heavy damage from direct sunlight.

Restored mural image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, April 6, 2024

8. Restored mural

Credits. This page was last revised on August 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,631 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 5, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 6, 7, 8. submitted on August 1, 2024, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.