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Tag Archives: Banastre Tarleton
Mercer’s Grenadier Militia
This is part two in the series by guest historian Drew Gruber. For part one, click here. On the morning of October 3, 1781, British Colonels Tarleton and Thomas Dundas led another expedition north towards Gloucester Courthouse and away from … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civilian, Common Soldier, Memory, Monuments, Revolutionary War
Tagged American Revolution, Americans, Banastre Tarleton, British, British Legion, Continental, Dragoons, Duc de Luzun, French, George Washington, German Jaegers, Gloucester Militia, Gloucester Point, Johann Ewald, Mercer's Corps, Mercer's Grenadiers, Queen Rangers, Revolutionary War, Seawell's Ordinary, Simcoe's Queen Rangers, Virginia, Virginia militia, Welsh Fusiliers
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Cowpens: Defense in Depth
On a cold January morning 234 years ago, one of the most stunning events in American military history took place in a cattle pasture. Cowpens, South Carolina, was an overwhelming American victory, at a time when one was desperately … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Revolutionary War, Weapons
Tagged Banastre Tarleton, Cowpens, Daniel Morgan, muskets, rifles, tactics
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Looking Back to Cowpens: William J. Hardee and the Battle of Averasboro
After abandoning Fayetteville, North Carolina to Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s army group, Lieutenant General William J. Hardee withdrew his corps north of the city. Hardee had ordered the Clarendon Bridge over the Cape Fear River destroyed, removing the possibility of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Sesquicentennial, Western Theater
Tagged 150th Anniversary of Averasboro, Alfred Rhett, Army of Georgia, Banastre Tarleton, Battle of Averasboro, Battle of Bentonville, Battle of Cowpens, Battle of Gettysburg, Covering Force Action, Daniel Morgan, Defense in Depth, Henry Case, Henry Slocum, James Morgan, John Buford, Joseph Johnston, Joseph Wheeler, Lafayette McLaws, Murfreesboro, Nathaniel Jackson, Shiloh, Stephen Elliot, William Butler, William Hardee, William T. Sherman, William Vandever, William Ward
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