British and Loyalist Revolutionary War Links:

• The Silver Whistle: Doc M's grand collection of 18th century history, 19th century literature, Crimean War journals, film reviews, and other goodies, both serious and silly. Highly informative and tons of fun.
   
• The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies: This is a huge site providing excellent information on all sorts of Loyalist-related topics, and is well worth exploring. To find the British Legion, click on "Military", then "List of Regiments" on the navigation bar.
   
• Buried History of the American Revolution: A site focused on the causes and consequences of the American Revolution from the point of view of the "Good Americans," i.e. Loyalists. Also provides a road on to some interesting and different links.
   
• The United Empire Loyalist: This site features a variety of interesting reference materials on Loyalist settlement in Canada, including a copy of The Old United Empire Loyalist List, Appendix B.
   
• South Carolina Loyalists and Rebels: The extensive collection on this site includes Alexander Chesney's journal, Memoirs of Thomas Young, and much more.
   
• United Empire Loyalists on A.O.L.: For AOL members only.
   
• United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada:
   
• The Canadian Military Heritage Project: They have a large section on Loyalist regiments from the American Revolution. Last time I checked, the British Legion section was empty, but I assume the site is constantly growing.
   
• The British Empire: An site for all things relating to the history of the British Empire.
   
• Sir Henry Clinton Collection: The William L. Clements Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, owns Sir Henry Clinton's correspondence from the RevWar period. Nothing directly relating to Ban Tarleton is on-line, but some of John André's correspondence with Benedict Arnold is shown in facsimile.
   

General Revolutionary War Links

• AmericanRevolution.org: An elaborate general site filled with Revolutionary War history, including an amazing list of links to other sites. No matter what you're looking for, it will be here somewhere!
   
• Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site website: These are the folks who hosted the 2002 Tarleton Symposium, and another academic symposium on the Southern Campaign. The gem of their site is the gorgeous Kershaw-Cornwallis house.
   
• Battle of Camden Project: A research project with the aim of collecting all historic data on the Battle of Camden. There's also a mailing list for exchanging data. Tons of information already.
   
• South Carolina Historical Society: This site features transcriptions of several hundred RevWar documents, including samples of Tarleton's correspondence with Lord Cornwallis, Sir Henry Clinton, Abraham Buford and others.
   
• King's Mountain and Cowpens: A mixed collection of material on the Southern Campaign.
   
• The Patriot Resource: A fun, informative site with pages about RevWar history and The Patriot.
   
• RevWar '75: A collection of RevWar information ranging from uniform images by Don Troiani to muster roll indexes, covering American, British and German units.
   
• Cornwallis House, Winnsboro: A page on the beautiful house Cornwallis used as headquarters.
   

Living History Links:

• The British Legion website is currently undergoing reconstruction, and will hopefully be back soon.
   
• The Queen's Rangers re-enactment group's website. (They've got cavalry!)
   
• The British Brigade main site.
   
• The 35th Foot Project: A new and growing history of the 35th Foot and things of general historical interest. Interesting stuff!
   

Documents available on-line:

• Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution: Charles B. Baxley of Historic Camden publishes a newletter on the Southern Campaign which is available online. Vol. 1, #2 focuses on the Battle of Waxhaws, and includes a copy of Jim Piecuch's excellent paper on the battle, which was originally presented at the 2002 Tarleton Symposium.
   
• Making of America is University of Michigan's online text archive relating to U.S. History. It includes a number of interesting texts ranging from Simms' Life of Nathanael Greene to Henry Peterson's Pemberton to Watson's Annals of Philadelphia.
   
• American Memory: Library of Congress: There are all sorts of interesting things here, from facsimiles of original documents to copies of numerous 19th century magazines. Or go directly to John André's second account of the Mischianza.
   
• The Crossing of the Dan: An essay on the race to the Dan and the Virginia campaign.
   
• Life of Marion by M. L. Weems: Parson Weems' unintentional comedy about the war in the south. Pompous, inaccurate and funny if you're in a weird mood. History at its worst!
   
• The Project Gutenberg version of Sketch of the Life of BRIG. GEN. FRANCIS MARION, and A History of his Brigade by William Dobein James.
   
• Tarleton's Legion: A paper on Legion settlement in Nova Scotia by Canadian historian Thomas H. Raddall. This is part of the Mersey Heritage Society site, which also includes an interesting page on the archaeological investigation of the Legion settlement and other goodies. Their site moved last year, and Craig is currently in the middle of reorganizing and redesigning it at its new URL.
   
• The 1780 Diary of Lieutenant Anthony Allaire on The TNGenWeb Project
   
• The Wild Wreath by Mary Elizabeth Robinson, a poetry anthology with engravings after the drawings of Susan Priscilla Tarleton.
   

On-line Biographies and Related Links:

• The Cowpens National Battlefield biography of Banastre Tarleton.
   
• Banastre Tarleton: A short, informative biography by Janie B. Cheaney
   
• Charles, Earl Cornwallis: A biography by Janie B. Cheaney
   
• Daniel Morgan: A biography by Janie B. Cheaney
   
• Nathanael Greene: A biography by Janie B. Cheaney
   
• Prinny's Set is an introduction to the future George IV, and his wild and scandalous set of hangers on.
   
• A Celebration of Women Writers is a wonderful find for any bibliophile. Their information on Mary Darby Robinson, Banastre's long-time lover, including her memoirs and a selection of her poetry, can be accessed directly through her biography page.
   
• The Wondering Minstrels is a poetry anthology, which includes Mary Robinson's "The Camp".
   
• Another biography of Mary Robinson will be found at the Literary Encyclopedia, if you search under "One Person" and follow the obvious. Their set-up doesn't lend itself to direct linking.
   
• And there's an extensive Robinson bibliography here.
   

Where to get stuff:

• Kenneth J. Spirduso has done a modern portrait print of Tarleton. Check out his website, then follow the links through Enter > Paintings > Historical. That'll get you into a slide show. Assuming they always run in the same order, Tarleton's is the third one along. The website lists it as "Coming Soon", but since it was pointed out to me by someone who bought a copy (at Lord Nelson's Gallery in Gettysburg, PA), this must be out of date.
   
• Sandlapper Publishing: These folks have reprinted editions of The Green Dragoon and other books by Robert Bass, as well as other volumes relating to the war.
   
• The Bookstore at Cowpens: In addition to many books and other goodies, they have "Bicentennial Portfolios" (item #2-0425), a series of art prints by Robert Wilson. One of the five paintings is a fine speculative portrait of Banastre. (Pictured, right.) This link goes to their main page, since they've moved their direct bookstore link a couple of times.
   
• The Public Records Office in Kew houses the Cornwallis Papers, and many other documents relating to the 18th century. Copies can be ordered over the Net (though they're pricey). Their searchable catalog provides quick overviews of thousands of documents.
   
• Heritage Books, Inc.: The publisher of Anthony Scotti's Brutal Virtue, Stephen Haller's biography of William Washington and other books of interest.
   
• U.M.C. Dissertations: An online source for copies of PhD dissertations relating to RevWar topics.
   
• Saddlebag Press: A private publishing house specializing in RevWar cavalry activities, rebel, loyalist and British alike. John has started his own website, and I've got a brief review.
   
• Art Renewal Center: This is a marvelous site dedicated to the revival of representational art, including 18th century portrait painters like Sir Joshua Reynolds. They offer photo prints of hundreds of paintings, including Ban's portrait (which is, unfortunately, a rather ratty scan -- but some of the others they have are gorgeous.) It's well worth checking out for anyone who loves 17th to 19th century art!
   
• The Art of Werner Willis: North Carolina artist Werner Willis has produced a number of paintings and portrait prints relating to the Southern Campaign. So far he doesn't have his own website, so he's okay-ed me putting up a little mini-gallery of his works, and a contact address.
   
• Both Verlinden (see illo) and Conte have new figures of Ban Tarleton. Bizarrely, the one from Conte is part of their The Patriot line.
   
• Wargames Forum: Among the many offerings on this extensive site are lead miniatures for the Legion and other 18th Century units. From the main page, locate "Wargames Figures", then "18th Century". Last time I checked, both "Front Rank" and "Old Glory" lines carried British RevWar figures, including the Legion.
   
• W.M. Hocker: Another company producing lead miniatures of RevWar figures, including British units and the Legion.
   

British Links:

• British Light Infantry Regiments: Includes regiments where officers such as Welbore Ellis Doyle served after the RevWar.
   
• The General Tarleton Inn: This Yorkshire inn was founded by a soldier who served under Banastre later in his career. It is regularly listed as having one of the best restaurants in Britain. The site includes a history of the inn.
   
• Houghton Hall in Norfolk is one of the great country seats of England. This is where Susan Bertie grew up, and where she first met Ban Tarleton. What a spectacular place! Tour UK also has a write-up with pictures.
   

A Grab-bag of Just For Fun Links:

• Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales & America: Songs of War has words and music to a number of period songs, and links to historical folk songs in a variety of other categories.
   
• O'Hara's Battery at Gibraltar: Check out General Charles O'Hara's permanent mark at the rock of Gibraltar. The tale that goes with it is great!
   
• Who's Whistling in Charleston? Mary Robinson's ghost is dead and well, and haunting Charleston, S.C. Well, okay, her boyfriend is, anyway. It must be true, I read it on the Internet! Just goes to show you how far a tale can evolve in just a few generations.
   
• The Banastre Tarleton Band: An American musical group with a theme we can relate to. CDs, performance listings, band biographies and more. And Ban's current band is named "Oatmeal for the Foxhounds!"
   
• The Web Wargamer: This on-line magazine features a RevWar cavalry gaming system based on the British Legion.
   
• Those Despicable Deadbeats: A hilarious article on the tavern bills Banastre and other British officers left behind them when they left Long Island. Not a good reflection on his fiscal responsibility -- but, hey, we already know that he lived by the principle of "I can't possibly be out of money, I have cheques left."