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Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet (1754–1833), British military officer and politician; notorious in the US for alleged ruthlessness and war atrocities during the Revolution

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Geburtstag
1754-08-21
Todestag
1833-01-16
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
UK
Ausbildung
Middle Temple, London
University of Oxford (University College)
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soldier
officer
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British Army
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
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Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet (1754–1833), British military officer and politician; notorious in the US for alleged ruthlessness and war atrocities during the Revolution

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Tarleton's history begins with D'Estaing's fruitless attack on Savannah, GA in the fall of 1779, and then proceeds to give a minute detail of all the military operations in both the Carolinas and part of Virginia, until the surrender of Yorktown and Gloucester on October 19, 1781, when Lord Cornwallis, with his whole army, fell into the siege of Franco-American alliance.

In Tarleton's history, some facts have been withheld, and some mutilated, while others are raised to importance. If historical justice had been the Tarleton's object, those facts are by no means entitled to that level of importance. Other most notable features are prejudices and party spirits.

Once again, it reinforces the thesis statement that it is the memory which has been created for us about the war that colors our understanding of this historical period.

Nevertheless, this book is handsomely printed and enriched with some explanatory maps and plans, especially those relating to the Battle of Camden and Guildford, and the sieges of Charles Town and Yorktown.
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