Marion's Brigade - Crossing the Pedee River

Francis Marion, "the Swamp Fox," and his band of men in boats preparing to cross the Pedee River in South Carolina. It is 1778, and they are on their way to attack a British force under Banastre Tarleton.

Credits

Lithograph by Currier & Ives (between 1840 and 1900).

Image, courtesy Library of Congress.