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Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) was a British army officer who played a significant role in the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. Tarleton is best known for being a skilled cavalry commander who employed aggressive battle tactics. In addition to his highly successful military career, he lived as a country gentleman pursuing ...
26 de feb. de 2015 · Tarleton, Banastre. 1754-1833. Banastre Tarleton, son of a wealthy Liverpool merchant, was Oxford educated. It was said that while at Oxford, Tarleton excelled in only two things, athletics and gambling. Tarleton attempted to learn law but, due to gambling problems, he had to give up his attempt.
Tarleton was a dandy too, wearing a green uniform based on that of a Loyalist regiment organized in New York and a helmet with plume. Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the uniform of the British Legion, wearing a "Tarleton Helmet". The National Gallery
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. Banastre Tarleton was born to upper middle-class parents in Liverpool, England, on August 21, 1754. At the University College, Oxford, he studied toward a law degree but was better known for his athletic abilities, participating in cricket, boxing, riding, and tennis. He was small physically, yet strong and ...
Banastre Tarleton, who had intended to seize the strategic crossroads at Ninety Six, South Carolina. Tarleton, commander of the feared British Legion, was a particularly despised foe who had recently overseen the massacre of Americans at the Battle of Waxhaws after refusing their white flag…. Banastre Tarleton, after Morgan.
In fact, there seems to have been a unique set of circumstances that set the War in the Backcountry apart from the other Theaters. One British unit in particular achieved a particularly nasty reputation for brutality during the war that has yet to fade: the British Legion under the command of Colonel Banastre Tarleton, a roguish but talented ...
12 de ene. de 2013 · Banastre Tarleton (21 August 1754 - 15 January 1833) was the commander of the notorious Green Dragoons and fought in many battles during the American Revolutionary War. He became known as "the butcher" to the colonials due to his brutal tactics and actions taken at the Battle of Waxhaws. After the war, he was an antagonist to the English ...
