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1 day ago · Coming on the heels of the American disastrous defeat at Camden, August 16, 1780, The Battle of Fishing Creek, August 18, 1780, was but another feather in the cap of British Legion’s commander Banastre “Bloody Ben” Tarleton. And another depressing loss for the Americans. Tarleton led a fast moving, hard striking, ruthless corps of ...
4 days ago · Tarleton materially helped Cornwallis to win the Battle of Camden in August 1780. He was completely victorious in an engagement with Thomas Sumter at Fishing Creek, or Catawba Fords, but was less successful when he encountered the same general at Blackstock Hill in November 1780.
3 days ago · Tavington’s character is loosely based on Banastre Tarleton, the real-life British General who served in the American Revolutionary War from the mid-1770s to the early 1780s. During his time in the war, he led an infantry known as The British Legion, which comprised American Loyalists. Most notably, he’s remembered for the Battle of Waxhaws ...
3 days ago · 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.
3 days ago · Marion also sported a rivalry with Banastre Tarleton, a British Lieutenant Colonel, who is credited with christening the former with the nickname “Swamp Fox.” Similarly, in the film, William Tavington— a character inspired by Tarleton— remains responsible for bestowing the alias “The Ghost” upon Benjamin.
6 days ago · Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, represented in the movie by the vicious but also fictional William Tavington, led the British forces. Much of The Patriot, including its portrayal of Tarleton, has experienced strong scrutiny. The scenes at the Battle of Cowpens is not one of them.
17 hours ago · 2 Jul 1779 Pound Ridge, NY British Lt Col Banastre Tarleton leads a Det of dragoons & infantry in a foray against American pickets. He drives off the 2nd Continental Dragoons. But the dragoons rally when militia fire pins down the British, who withdraw. image
