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American Ranger history predates the Revolutionary War with Ethan Allen and his guerilla fighting group The Green Mountain Boys in Vermont.

Captain Benjamin Church formed Church's Rangers, which fought hostile Native American tribes during King Philip's War.

Major Robert Rogers formed a Ranger unit in 1757 to fight during the French and Indian War.

They would become known as the " Rogers ' Rangers.

" The Continental Congress formed eight companies of expert riflemen in 1775 to fight in the Revolutionary War.

In 1777, this force of hardy frontiersmen commanded by Dan Morgan was known as The Corps of Rangers.

Francis Marion, " The Swamp Fox ", organized another famous Revolutionary War Ranger element known as " Marion's Partisans.