Historical Marker
Hearth and Home
Historical marker location:
Gaffney, South Carolina
( Marker can be reached from the intersection of New Pleasant Road (State Highway S-11-58) and State Highway S-11-22, on the right when traveling north.)
Cowpens National Battlefield.
The Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, known as the "Swamp Fox," was from South Carolina. Marion was a skilled guerrilla fighter who used the state's swamps and forests as cover to launch surprise attacks against the British.