Eminent Americans : comprising brief biographies of leading statesmen, patriots, orators and others, men and women who have made American history . en of the Carolinas to arms, and Marion became asoldier, with Moultrie and others, who afterward fought nobly for freedom. Inthe wild Cherokee country he obtained great applause for his bravery; andwhen the Revolution broke out, ho was offered a captains commission, whichhe accepted. He was successful in the recruiting service, early in 1776; andduring the attack on Charleston, in the Summer of that year, ho fought bravelyunder Moultrie, in the Pal
Eminent Americans : comprising brief biographies of leading statesmen, patriots, orators and others, men and women who have made American history . en of the Carolinas to arms, and Marion became asoldier, with Moultrie and others, who afterward fought nobly for freedom. Inthe wild Cherokee country he obtained great applause for his bravery; andwhen the Revolution broke out, ho was offered a captains commission, whichhe accepted. He was successful in the recruiting service, early in 1776; andduring the attack on Charleston, in the Summer of that year, ho fought bravelyunder Moultrie, in the Palmeto fort, in the harbor. He was afterward engagedin the contest at Savannah, and was in Charleston while the siege of that city,by the British, in the Spring of 1789, was progressing. Disabled by an accident, 1. Marion was dining with some friends at a house in Tradd Street, Chailesfon, when, on an attemptbeing made to cause him to drinlt wine contrary lo his practice and desire, he leaped from a window,and sprained his ankle. The Americans yet kept the country toward the Santee, open, and Marion wasconveyed to his home. FRANCIS MAEION. 185. ]ie loft the city before its surrender, and made his way home, where he remainedTintil just before the defeat of Gates near Camden, in August following. Then,Dotwithstanding he was quite lame, he mounted his horse, collected a score ofvolunteers, and offered his services to Gates. They were not readily acceptedby that proud general, because of the uncouth appearance of the Soonafterward, being called to the command of the militia of the Williamsburg Dis-trict, in the vicinity of the Black and Podoe rivers, ho formed his famous Brigade,with which he performed such wondrous feats during the remainder of the need not stop to detail his expoits durins: the two years succeeding the forma-tion of his brigade, for tliey are, or ought to be. familiar to every Americanreader, young or old. Suffice it to sav, that to Marions Brif/ade, mo
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