Summary of John Oller's The Swamp Fox

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#1 The South was the key theater of operations in the American Revolution. It was also a society riven by war and rooted in lawlessness, fear, violence, and oppression. The British plan was to occupy and pacify Georgia, and then subdue South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.

#2 The British plan was working in South Carolina. The city fell easily in December 1778, and the British quickly established control over Georgia. Savannah provided Clinton with a base for moving north by land on Charleston, which he had failed to capture in a brief, bungled land-and-sea operation in 1776.

#3 The war in South Carolina was extremely personal, and involved not just a clash of professional armies, but also an insurgency and counterinsurgency that engaged the civilian population.

#4 The American Revolution was not primarily based on political differences, but on private grievances and desires for revenge. It was driven by blood feuds that had been generated between neighbors in the prerevolutionary period.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822544512

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Insights on John Oller's The Swamp Fox

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The South was the key theater of operations in the American Revolution. It was also a society riven by war and rooted in lawlessness, fear, violence, and oppression. The British plan was to occupy and pacify Georgia, and then subdue South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.

#2

The British plan was working in South Carolina. The city fell easily in December 1778, and the British quickly established control over Georgia. Savannah provided Clinton with a base for moving north by land on Charleston, which he had failed to capture in a brief, bungled land-and-sea operation in 1776.

#3

The war in South Carolina was extremely personal, and involved not just a clash of professional armies, but also an insurgency and counterinsurgency that engaged the civilian population.

#4

The American Revolution was not primarily based on political differences, but on private grievances and desires for revenge. It was driven by blood feuds that had been generated between neighbors in the prerevolutionary period.

#5

Marion was a man of moderation who was not a Charleston aristocrat nor a backcountry bumpcoon. He was ruthless in battle, but he was averse to the shedding of needless blood, whether that of friend or foe.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The Huguenots, a group of French Protestants who had been persecuted for their beliefs, were given land in Carolina by the Lords Proprietor. Benjamin Marion, one of the Huguenots, emigrated in 1690 with his wife and five servants. He became a naturalized citizen and taxpayer, and acquired enough land so that his sons could start their own estates.

#2

Francis Marion was born in