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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.
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton Military unit The British Legion was an elite British provincial regiment established during the American Revolutionary War , composed of Loyalist American troops, organized as infantry and cavalry, plus a detachment from the 16th Light Dragoons.
Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, a cavalry officer who led the British Legion, a regiment of American loyalist cavalry and light infantry. Though reviled by Americans for alleged atrocities, Tarleton’s successes on the battlefield made him one of the few British heroes of the war.
The Battle of Waxhaws (also known as the Waxhaws Massacre and Buford's Massacre) was a military engagement which took place on May 29, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War between a Patriot force led by Abraham Buford and a British force led by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton near Lancaster, South Carolina.
Portrait of Banastre Tarleton is a 1782 portrait painting by the English artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. It depicts the British army officer Banastre Tarleton against a background scene of battle, referring to his recent service in the American War of Independence . [ 1 ]
A crucial contribution was made by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton, the English commander of a Loyalist unit called the British Legion. In a night attack on April 14, 1780, Tarleton took Monck's Corner, South Carolina, a strategic victory which helped seal off the Patriot garrison of Charleston from help or escape.
Tarleton's unit was known as the British Legion, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. General Sir Henry Clinton arrived before Charleston, South Carolina on 1st April 1780, and began siege preparations as the opening move in British plan to gain control over North and South Carolina.
Inside the city, General Lincoln commanded about 2,650 Continentals and 2,500 militiamen. British Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton blocked any hope of reinforcement or resupply with victories at Moncks Corner in April and Lenud's Ferry in early May. [30] Charleston was now surrounded. [31] Clinton began constructing siege lines.