Historical Marker
Doolittle Raiders
Historical marker location:
Columbia, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Gervais Street (Highway 1/378) and Gist Street, on the right when traveling west on Gervais Street.)
Marker installed: 2002
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.