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
Francis Marion
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Brigadier General Francis Marion, also known as the "Swamp Fox", was an American military officer, planter, and politician who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. During
Banastre Tarleton
…surrendered after a sniper killed their British commanding officer, Maj. Patrick Ferguson. In South Carolina, Tarleton's British Legion were harried by Francis Marion, an American militia commander who practiced guerrilla warfare against the British, in order to deny resupply of food and horses, cause attrition and…
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General Marion Inviting a British Officer to Share His Meal by John Blake White; his slave Oscar Marion kneels at the left of the group.
The Francis Marion Park is located in front of the Harborwalk in Georgetown, South Carolina.