Banastre Tarleton
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General Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet, was a British military officer and politician. He was the leader of the British Legion during the southern campaign of the American War of Independence.
Detail from Joshua Reynolds 1782 portrait of Tarleton on his return to England
The Battle of Waxhaw Creek (29 May 1780), in Lancaster County, South Carolina
Tarleton's Movements historical marker in Adams Grove, Virginia
Banastre Tarleton, portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Battle of Cowpens
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The Battle of Cowpens was a military engagement of the American Revolutionary War fought on January 17, 1781, near the town of Cowpens, South Carolina. An American army of nearly 2,000 regulars and mi
Banastre Tarleton
…Blackstock's Farm in November 1780. On 17 January 1781, Tarleton's forces were virtually destroyed by American Brigadier General Daniel Morgan at the Battle of Cowpens. Tarleton and about 200 men escaped the battlefield. He was successful in a skirmish at Torrence's Tavern while the British crossed the Catawba River…
The Battle of Cowpens Don Troiani, 2004
Brigadier General Daniel Morgan
Reenactors portraying American troops march into battle at Cowpens