Francis Marion, because of his stealth and lightning speed in carrying out guerrilla warfare in the South.
"Dixie" was named after a confederate colonel with the last name Dickison, a Floridian Confederate colonel. He was AKA Swamp Fox.
Francis Marion
he was called the swamp fox because he was good at attacking the british and retreating quickly through swamps. British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton had been chasing Marion through the swamps for about 7 hours covering 26 miles. He finally gave up saying "As for this damned old fox, the Devil himself could not catch him." The name stuck. Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/biography/fox.html#ixzz1fQPRSBAA
Marion Anderson was an American patriot who led forces against the British in the American Revolutionary War. He was given the nickname of Swamp Fox because he often launched guerrilla fighting tactics from the swamplands of the Colonial South East.
The New England Revolution have a fox named Sly as there mascot!
Francis Marion was considered the swamp fox during the Revolutionary War.
General Francis Marion served during the Revolutionary War. He was nicknamed the Swamp Fox for his leadership of revolutionary soldiers fighting in swamps and low country terrain. He is generally viewed as the father of Guerrilla Warfare.
Yes, he was known as the Swamp Fox and that's also the most popular nick name for him.
Francis Marion
Francis Marion
General Francis Marion. <3
The "Swamp Fox."
Disneyland - 1954 The Swamp Fox The Birth of the Swamp Fox 6-4 was released on: USA: 23 October 1959
No. He (the Swamp Fox) just happen to use it during the American Revolution. EDIT: Actually Francis Marion was well known for his invention of guerrilla warfare
His nickname was swamp fox.
Francis Marion was born in South Carolina, and participated in the American Revolutionary War as a military officer. His nickname was 'The Swamp Fox.'
The Swamp Fox - TV series - was created in 1959.