Battle of Waxhaws

E177311

battle engagement of the American Revolutionary War

The Battle of Waxhaws was a brutal 1780 American Revolutionary War clash in South Carolina, notorious for a massacre of surrendering Continental troops that fueled Patriot outrage against the British.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Waxhaws canonical	4

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Buford’s Massacre ⓘ Waxhaws massacre controversy ⓘ surface form: Waxhaws Massacre
associatedWith	British attempt to pacify the Carolinas ⓘ Carolina campaign of 1780 ⓘ surface form: Southern campaign of 1780
belligerent	Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
casualtiesAmericanCapturedApprox	about 50 ⓘ
casualtiesAmericanKilledWoundedApprox	over 200 ⓘ
casualtiesBritishKilledWoundedApprox	around 50 ⓘ
category	Battles involving Banastre Tarleton ⓘ Battles of the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina ⓘ
combatant	British Army ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ Loyalist troops ⓘ Patriot troops ⓘ
commander	Abraham Buford ⓘ Banastre Tarleton ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
controversy	dispute over whether Americans were attacked while attempting to surrender ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1780-05-29 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Camden ⓘ
forceTypeAmerican	Virginia Continental troops ⓘ
forceTypeBritish	British Legion dragoons and infantry ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Patriot recruitment in the Southern colonies ⓘ reputation of Banastre Tarleton as ruthless ⓘ
historicalRegion	Waxhaws region ⓘ surface form: Waxhaws border region of North and South Carolina
impact	fueled Patriot outrage against the British ⓘ strengthened anti-British sentiment in the Southern colonies ⓘ
location	Waxhaws region ⓘ surface form: Waxhaws region, South Carolina near present-day Lancaster County, South Carolina ⓘ
notableFor	alleged massacre of surrendering Continental troops ⓘ high American casualties ⓘ Waxhaws massacre controversy ⓘ surface form: “Tarleton’s Quarter” controversy
partOf	Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of Charleston ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
sloganInspired	“Tarleton’s Quarter” ⓘ
tacticalSituation	American rear guard retreating from the fall of Charleston ⓘ
troopStrengthAmericanApprox	about 350 ⓘ
troopStrengthBritishApprox	about 270 ⓘ
year	1780 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Battle of Waxhaws
Description of subject: The Battle of Waxhaws was a brutal 1780 American Revolutionary War clash in South Carolina, notorious for a massacre of surrendering Continental troops that fueled Patriot outrage against the British.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Banastre Tarleton → battle → Battle of Waxhaws ⓘ

British Legion → engagement → Battle of Waxhaws ⓘ

Tarleton's Legion → engagement → Battle of Waxhaws ⓘ

Carolina campaign of 1780 → hasPart → Battle of Waxhaws ⓘ