Banastre Tarleton

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British Army officer cavalry officer human politician

Banastre Tarleton was a British cavalry officer and politician best known for his aggressive and controversial leadership against American forces during the Revolutionary War.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer → cavalry officer → human → politician →
accusation	alleged massacre of surrendering American troops at the Battle of Waxhaws →
allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain →
battle	Battle of Cowpens → Battle of Guilford Court House → Battle of Waxhaws → Siege of Charleston →
birthDate	1754-08-21 →
birthPlace	England → Lancashire → Liverpool →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
deathDate	1833-01-15 →
education	Middle Temple (did not complete legal training) →
familyName	Tarleton →
father	John Tarleton →
genreOfWork	military history →
givenName	Banastre →
militaryBranch	British Army →
militaryRank	lieutenant colonel →
militaryUnit	British Legion → Tarleton's Legion →
mother	Jane Parker →
name	Banastre Tarleton →
notableFor	aggressive tactics against American forces → cavalry leadership in the American Revolutionary War → controversial conduct in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War →
occupation	pamphleteer → politician → soldier →
parliamentaryServiceEnd	1812 →
parliamentaryServiceStart	1790 →
partyAffiliation	Tory →
placeOfDeath	England → Herefordshire → Leintwardine →
politicalOffice	Member of Parliament →
positionHeld	Member of Parliament for Liverpool →
reputation	nicknamed "Bloody Tarleton" → nicknamed "The Butcher" by some American patriots → ruthless cavalry commander →
servedUnder	Charles Cornwallis → Henry Clinton →
sibling	John Tarleton Jr. →
supported	slave trade →
wrote	A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Provinces of North America →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Cowpens → Battle of Guilford Court House →	commander
Loyalist militias → Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War →	notableCommander
Battle of Cowpens →	combatantCommanderFor
Banastre Tarleton →	name
Battle of Cowpens →	opponentOf
Storming of Redoubt 9 →	opposingCommander