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Our July 12 mystery, “Patriotic tombstone,” is a photo sent to us by loyal reader Ross Lenhart of Pawleys Island. It shows the gravesite of Revolutionary War Gen. Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox.”
Congratulations to: Dale Rhodes of Richmond, Va.; Debbie Causey of North Myrtle Beach; Philip Cromer of Beaufort; Daniel Prohaska and Bonnie Cooper, both of Moncks Corner; Jacie Godfrey and Barry Wingard, both of Florence; Will Bradley of Las Vegas, Nevada; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; Harvey Shackelford of Newberry; Frank Bouknight of Summerville; Bill Segars of Hartsville; Steve Willis of Lancaster; James Gainey of Conway; and Jay Altman of Columbia.
Graf shared that the gravesite is Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery in Pineville. “Marion was born at his family’s South Carolina plantation in Berkeley County. A man of his time, he owned slaves and fought in the French and Indian War. While fighting against the Cherokee, he saw those Native Americans using landscape as a kind of weapon. After concealing themselves in the backwoods, they launched crushing ambushes. During America’s war of independence, Marion used those same tactics against the British Army. As a result, some historians call Marion the father of guerilla warfare.”
Segars said Lenhart stood on “patriotic sacred ground” when he snapped the photo of Marion’s grave at Belle Isle, which he said was “his brother Gabriel’s home, near Pineville in Berkeley County. Marion, whose demoralizing and evasive tactics of the superior British forces, later dubbed ‘guerilla warfare,’ earned him the name of Swamp Fox”
“He, along with the entire South Carolina Citizen Militia should be credited with winning the American Revolution as a result of the Southern campaign. Almost the entire Continental forces were beaten down until Marion and his men offered a glimmer of hope for victory to the downtrodden colonies.
“This site is not easy to find, but well worth the effort. Near St. Stephens on U.S. Highway 52, turn onto S.C. Highway 45. Continue through Pineville and turn right on Francis Marion Ave. The burial site is at the end of this road. For the GPS folks, go to N33ᴼ 27′ 14.33″ W80ᴼ 05′ 11.32″ and you’ll be there.” More people need to see this site.”
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