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The Life of Francis Marion

CHAPTER 3
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A large train of wounded was brought to the frontier without the loss of a man.
We have admitted an uncertainty as to the presence of Marion in this campaign.

It would be impertinent and idle, therefore, to speculate upon his performances, or the share which he might have taken in its events.
Tradition simply assures us that he distinguished himself.

That, if present, he did his duty, we have no question; and, enduring with becoming resolution the worst severities of the march, proved himself possessed of the first great requisite for soldiership in Indian warfare..


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