General Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet GCB (21 August 1754 – 15 January 1833) was a British military officer and politician. He is best known as the lieutenant colonel leading the British Legion at the end of the American Revolutionary War. He later served in Portugal and held commands in Ireland and England.

2024年7月16日 · Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) was a British military officer and politician, most famous for his role in the southern campaigns of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). In command of an elite unit of Loyalists called the British Legion, Tarleton gained a reputation for aggression and cruelty, with Patriots even coining the phrase ...

2023年10月9日 · Banastre Tarleton was a British military officer during the American Revolutionary War, known for his aggressive tactics and brutal reputation. He commanded the British Legion, a feared cavalry unit, and earned notoriety …

Banastre Tarleton, who died childless on January 16, 1833, at the age of seventy-eight, was buried in Leintwardine Churchyard. He was one of the most controversial figures in the American Revolution, possibly remembered in America more than in his native country.

Nicknamed "Bloody Ban" by Patriots, Banastre Tarleton became infamous in the southern states during the American Revolution. His conduct illustrated and exacerbated the problems the British faced in pacifying the population of the Carolinas.

2019年7月1日 · Banastre Tarleton (August 21, 1754–January 15, 1833) was a British Army officer during the American Revolution who became notorious for his actions in the southern theater of the war. He gained his reputation for brutality following the Battle of Waxhaws, where he reputedly had American prisoners killed.

The unit was commonly known as Tarleton's Legion, after the British officer who led it on campaign, Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. It was a unit the size of a regiment, consisting of artillery, cavalry, and light infantry, and able to operate independently.

Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) was a British army officer who played a significant role in the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. Tarleton is best known for being a skilled cavalry commander who employed aggressive battle tactics.

Sir Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) was a British cavalry officer who served in the Revolutionary War and acquired a reputation for ruthlessness and brutality. Tarleton was born in Liverpool, the son of a successful merchant who had profited from American colonial trade.

2018年6月11日 · The notable successes of Sir Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833), English cavalry officer during the American Revolution, earned him the sobriquet "Bloody Tarleton." Banastre Tarleton was the son of a wealthy Liverpool merchant, a sometime mayor of the city.