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Hace 3 días · However, British Colonel Banastre Tarleton heard that South Carolina's Patriot Governor John Rutledge was traveling with Buford. Anxious to capture Rutledge, Tarleton pursued with a force of roughly 230 men, consisting of 130 Legion dragoons, 100 Mounted British Legion infantry, and a three-pounder cannon.
Hace 5 días · On April 14, 1780, Colonel Banastre Tarleton decimated a detachment of Lincoln's cavalry and followed it up by practically destroying Buford's Virginia regiment near the North Carolina border. Books on The Battle of Charleston are available from Amazon.com
Hace 3 días · British Legion Cavalry: 154-156 rank and file, Lieut. Col. Banastre Tarleton; Royal artillery: 40-50, Lt. John McLeod (Lumpkin) 1 (or 2) six-pounders; 2 three-pounders; According to the “Leslie” Orderly Book, Cornwallis had 4 six-pounders and 2 three-pounders while in North Carolina. Whether he had all of these at Guilford is not clear.
Hace 3 días · After the Fall of Charleston in May 1780, British General Lord Cornwallis unleashed Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton in the South Carolina backcountry. Tarleton’s mission was to subdue any further rebellion and enlist Loyalists. To achieve the first goal, he frequently burned the homes and plantations of Patriots, like Sumter ...
Hace 2 días · Henry Banastre died in 1526 seised of a capital messuage called the Bank and other messuages and lands in Bretherton; also lands in Tarleton, Becconsall and Hesketh. The Bank estate was said to be held of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster by the twentieth part of a knight's fee and a rent of 4½ d . yearly.
Hace 23 horas · Their lives briefly intersected in 1794 when Massachusetts Governor Adams saved Tufts’ life by commuting the thief’s death sentence to life in prison. As Henry’s distant descendant and hearing captivating family lore, author Nathaniel Parry wondered why Adams saved Tufts’ life. Parry’s research into this question forms the basis of ...
Hace 2 días · It was situated near the River Asland and served as the only [Battle of Cowpens] Daniel Morgan and British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Sir Banastre Tarleton, as part of the campaign in the Carolinas (North and South).
