Francis Marion Francis Marion, known as “the Swamp Fox,” and his militia waged guerrilla warfare against the British in South Carolina. Marion wreaked havoc by avoiding frontal assaults, instead conducting quick surprise attacks. This print from an 1836 painting by John Blake White shows Marion in striking headgear inviting a British officer to share a meal, while Marion’s slave Oscar kneels by the table. Brown University Library, Providence, Rhode Island, USA/Bridgeman Images