Colonel Banastre Tarleton, the figure on which Colonel William Tavington was based, just as Cornwallis seems to do in the movie a bit. ... Colonel Banastre Tarleton. Tavington, like Tarleton, believed that civilians aiding and abetting the Patriots had chosen sides in the war and as a result, deserved to be treated as combatants or punished as spies. ... Colonel Banastre Tarleton was now retreating and fighting to escape. ... Though Colonel Tavington is killed at this battle, Tarleton survived the war and returned home to England. ...

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Then Cornwallis sent Tarleton and his group of men to take down Morgan's rally. ... He found a place called The Cowpens and made a stand in the middle of the pasture with Tarleton only about five miles behind him. ... On January 17, 1781 Tarleton arrived at the battle grounds. ... Morgan's militia attacked them from the rear making Tarleton think that he had pretty much won this battle. ...

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Introduction It all started when I was a little girl playing with my rubber ducks in the bath tub. My mom always thought I was a weird little girl for quacking like a duck as I were playing with them in the tub. I always had a special love for animals. I feel like it's my duty to take care of all a...

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The South's War The American Civil War was an event that changed the future of the United States of America. The outcome of the war determined whether there would be two countries instead of one united nation. Throughout the war the North and the South had completely different aspects of what ...

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America's Revolutionary War is a subject that engenders perpetual curiosity. By any sensible reckoning, Britain should have won the war. England's army was the strongest professional fighting force in the world, supremely confident, and led by experienced, gifted commanders with a long and storied history of military success. She had the largest, most nimble navy the world had ever seen, spread throughout the globe. Britain's economy was strong, prominent among nations in all areas of commerce, banking, and agriculture. ...

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