In a message dated 1/16/2004 5:08:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: He was known as the "something" fox, but I do not recall, if it was the Grey Fox or something else. Max G. Mahaffee Charleston, SC . I believe General Francis Marion was known as The Swamp Fox. He was much like the Indians in that he would strike and flee to strike again, hiding in the many swamps of the Carolinas of the time, I understand. Fought the British by the way. Gordon Hale Grand Prairie, Texas