In great particular, there’s complaint that he portrays the actual Redcoat commander Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton–thinly disguised in the film as “Col. William Tavington”–not simply as a ...

"Bloody" Banastre Tarleton -- the butcher of men, the purported ravisher of women, the most hated man in the South -- was in for a whipping at the Cowpens Battlefield. He would later write seemingl… ...

British Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton's reputation preceded him before he would clash with American forces at the Battle of Cowpens in 1781, marking a turning point in the Revolutionary War. His story… ...

The regimental colours seized in 1779 and 1780 by Lt Col Banastre Tarleton, who remains one of the conflict's most controversial figures, have already aroused huge interest among American military ...

The regimental colors seized in 1779 and 1780 by Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton, who remains one of the conflict’s most controversial figures, have already aroused huge interest among American ...

The British character was based on Col. Banastre Tarleton, a cavalry officer. The battle scene was also based on a real event, the Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina.

Tarleton, in his arrogance, mistook this for yet another easy victory. However as the British cleared the second American position they came across the third American battle line of hardened ...