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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 ...
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 ...
O general Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1º Baronete, GCB (21 de agosto de 1754 – 15 de janeiro de 1833) foi um proeminente soldado e político britânico. [ 1 ] Ele veio a notoriedade por seu serviço militar durante a Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos , onde comandou vários grupamentos de cavalaria do exército britânico e chamou a atenção por suas habilidades de liderança em batalha.
British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton pushed up the Enoree River with Major John Money’s 63 rd Regiment of Foot and his Legion hot on the trail of Patriot Brigadier General Thomas Sumter's militia. Tarleton learned that Sumter’s army was only two hours ahead of him at Blackstock’s farm.
8 de feb. de 2022 · Banastre Tarleton’s First Commanding Raid. February 8, 2022 Armies, Battles, British, Colonial Harry Schenawolf. Artwork by William Ranney, 1845. Pompous, mercifulness, void of empathy, this British cavalryman’s ambitious impulses and self-glorifying ego demanded that all under his command follow his lead in a blood fest carved throughout ...
18 de feb. de 2020 · Today on Primus Academy, we talk about the one British officer who was universally feared and loathed across America. This is the story of Banastre Tarleton....
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One claimed he ordered his men to kill surrendering Patriot soldiers at the Battle of the Waxhaws (S.C.). Eyewitness accounts suggest he was pinned under his horse, and his men acted on their own in vengeance for his rumored death. Regardless, the practice gained the name “Tarleton’s quarter,” which became a propaganda tool for the Patriots.
