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Posted on 03/13/2006 6:15:57 PM PST by Pharmboy
Yep...Tarleton's men sure demonstrated that, when they got revenge for the South Carolinians shooting at their officer under a flag of truce!
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Tarleton may not have been quite as bad as he was portrayed during the RevWar . . .
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I tend to disagree. I've read quite a bit from different sources that consistently describe Tarleton's tactics as exceedingly harsh. The fictionalized version of him in "The Patriot" is exaggerated, but not by much according to some contemporary reports. He was accused of burning at least one town, though he did not order any type of massacre as depicted in the film.
Dragoons is where we get the term "goons" from.
Can't remember the name of it, sorry- but my husband and I went on a walking tour of Charleston last summer (July) that started at the Rhett House (historic downtown). The man that lead the walk wrote a book about the history of Charleston- with a focus on the Civil War. It is an excellent read, sorry I can't remember the title- the Rhett house may have a copy on their first floor.
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"His troops thought he'd been killed," Fagan said, and they "went to town and butchered people, which was monstrous, and Tarleton got the blame for it."
Still trying to rehabilitate Bloody Ban, I see. Tarleton's notoriety predated this battle by a considerable amount of time. The phrase "Tarleton's Quarter," meaning no quarter, did not originate with this battle, either.
I did not know that his rep came from before this battle. Thanks.
Does Fagan live in England and have the flags been there for centuries? Interesting story...
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