I did not intend sarcasm and I apologize if I gave that impression.
It’s just that there’s some built-in skepticism on FReepers about Glenn Beck’s tendency toward drama. That said, I did not previously recall the British perceiving preachers as disloyal or their churches as hotbeds of rebellion.
BTW, I have done RevWar living history since 1978 in the 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Line. Binastre Tarleton is reviled to this day in S.C., especially in the Piedmont where his depredations were on the scale of scorched earth destruction.
The dragoon commander in “The Patriot” was probably understated in viciousness compared to the real Tarleton.
Hi elcid - I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have tied 2 posts together which were quite unlike each other (as well as sort of replying to all those who were unsavory from your post). You were not being personally nasty or sarcastic. For you, I was really only referring to whether Tarleton burned any people inside a building - specifically here, live civilians in a church. Or actually, if anyone in the war did such a thing.