Editing Francis Marion (section)

===End of the war===

When Major General [[Nathanael Greene]] took command in the South, Marion and Lieutenant Colonel [[Henry Lee III]] were ordered in January 1781 to attack Georgetown, but were unsuccessful. In April, they [[Siege of Fort Watson|took Fort Watson]]. In May, they [[Siege of Fort Motte|captured Fort Motte]], breaking communications between British outposts in the Carolinas. On August 31, Marion rescued a small American force trapped by 500 British soldiers, under the leadership of Major C. Fraser. For this action he received the thanks of the Continental Congress. Marion commanded the right wing under General Greene at the [[Battle of Eutaw Springs]].<ref name="EB1911"/><ref name="Dunkerly">{{cite book|last1=Dunkerly|first1=Robert|last2=Boland|first2=Irene|title=Eutaw Springs|date=2017|publisher=The University of South Carolina Press|location=Columbia|isbn=9781611177589|pages=20–33}}</ref>

In January 1782, he was elected to the [[South Carolina General Assembly]] at [[Jacksonboro, South Carolina|Jacksonborough]] and left his troops to take up his seat.<ref>Cate p. 164</ref> During his absence, Marion's men grew disheartened, particularly after a British [[sortie]] from Charleston, and there was reportedly a conspiracy to turn him over to the British. But in June of that year, he put down a Loyalist rebellion on the banks of the Pee Dee River. In August, Marion left his unit and returned to his [[slave plantation]], Pond Bluff.<ref name="EB1911"/> In 1782, the British Parliament suspended offensive operations in America, and in December 1782, the British withdrew their garrison from Charleston. The [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]] brought the war to an end.{{fact|date=December 2022}}