AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR TIMES OF GENERALS LEE - SUMTER MARION

"This book is compiled from excerpts of two separate books. The first book, General Henry "Light Horse" Lee of Virginia and General Thomas "Fighting Gamecock" Sumter of Stateburg, South Carolina (formerly Sumter District in the geographical center of the state) was written in the first half of the 19th century. Gen. Lee was ordered by Gen. George Washington to confront the British in the South, mainly in South Carolina during the American Revolution for Independence. Gen. Lee and Gen. Sumter collaborated to "confound" British lord Cornwallis and his subordinates—Cols. Tarlton, Rawdon, along with Major Wemyss—were the most hated British officers in the Southern colonies. They were very ruthless murderers that burned and pillaged, leaving in their wake widows and orphans homeless and with no provisions. The second book is of General Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion (from the "low country") of South Carolina. According to its author it was written about 30 years after the war, which would have been around 1815. Gen. Marion confronted the British in the low-lying areas of the state, mainly around Charleston, Georgetown, Pee Dee and to the middle of the state. He and his troops were a menace to Col. Tarlton, for Gen.Marion and his troops were known to attack at night, retreat and hide in the swamps, which he knew well. The author was Gen. Marion's second in command, Gen. Peter Horry.