From humble beginnings as the son of a surveyor, Marshall was raised among many younger siblings in Virginia's frontier piedmont. As a young man, he volunteered for the Fauqier militia which would take him to participate in some of the first revolutionary combat in Virginia. Like the rest of Virginia's minute men in 1776, he joined the continental line in New York, fighting through the next year around the Delaware basin before sharing a winter cabin with Captain James Monroe at the Valley of the Forge. His studies resumed at William and Mary in Williamsburg before the war's end, allowing him to frequently visit family and his future bride. A move to Richmond would allow him to start practicing the law, accept public office, and help start the state's first insurance firm. His experience in the Army as a judge advocate helped him as a Justice in the Supreme Court after his appointment by president Adams.  Often at odds with democratic republicans like Jefferson and Henry, Marshall's opinions would forever alter our national identity and forge our third branch of federal government.

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It was Marshall's pen that helps us understand the constitution more than any other. Marshall was an early advocate of Madison, helping to insure the constitution's ratification. Later as a Chief Justice, his opinions laid the foundation for american juris prudence.