30 dic 1780 año - Governor Rutledge appointed Francis Marion as Brigadier General of Militia

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On December 30, 1780, Governor Rutledge wrote that he appointed Francis Marion as Brigadier General of Militia and placed over all of the militia regiments eastward of the Santee, Wateree, and Catawba rivers into his brigade. Marion received the news on New Year's Day of 1781.

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