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Ox Swamp: The Swamp Fox Earns His Name Marker image, Touch for more information
By C Summers, January 19, 2012
Ox Swamp: The Swamp Fox Earns His Name Marker
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1 South Carolina, Clarendon County, Manning — Ox SwampThe Swamp Fox Earns His Name
On the night of November 7, 1780, Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Green Dragoons—together with Harrison’s Provincials, a large unit of Tories from the area between the upper Santee and Wateree Rivers—camped at the plantation of the late . . . Map (db m51985) HM
2 South Carolina, Clarendon County, Summerton — Fort Watson:Disrupting British Supply Lines
Assigned to hold all of eastern South Carolina but with only a small force at his disposal, Col. John Watson needed to build a fort to protect the vital transportation corridor between Charleston and Camden, the British inland headquarters. The spot . . . Map (db m51477) HM
3 South Carolina, Clarendon County, Rimini — Halfway Swamp:“… In pursuit of a Brother to Kill Him”
In December 1781, Maj. Robert McLeroth and the 64th Regiment were conducting newly-arrived British army recruits of the Royal Fusiliers from Charleston to the High Hills of Santee. Learning of McLeroth’s movement, Col. Francis Marion led some 700 . . . Map (db m227715) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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