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This page provides a rough log of significant updates (eg, additions and factual corrections) to the site.

Oct 2, 2006	Scott Miskimon has sent along a couple of photos from the Tarleton battle flag sale at Sotheby's, which I've added to the flags article. Antiquarian Chris Bryant has provided scans and background for two new portraits of Tarleton. Excitingly, one appears to be the long-missing miniature by Richard Cosway, which was previously known only through engravings. (Chris has also provided an image of an earlier version of the engraving.) The other is an earlier portrait, apparently painted while Tarleton was a brigade-major of cavalry.
Aug 27, 2006	Tracy LeClere has sent along some extra commentary on the Yorktown visitor's center, which I've added to Susan's photos on the site.
July 26, 2006	For the reader's convenience, Don Gara has given me permission to re-post his other bio sketches here. So check out his biographical sketches of the British Legion cavalry officers, British Legion infantry officers, Queen's Rangers cavalry officers and Queen's Rangers infantry officers.
July 3, 2006	Don Gara was looking for an online home for his "Biographical Sketches of the Infantry Officers of the Queen's Rangers" so it has joined the Source Documents archive. It may be a hair off topic, but it seems a natural fit given the Legion's early history with the unit and the general crossover of interests among our readers. He has already done similar collections of factoids for the British Legion and the Queen's Rangers cavalry which are available on Todd's The On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies. The auction of Tarleton's captured battle flags has come and gone, but I've kept the article on them so flag buffs can enjoy the pictures. As of this writing, I haven't heard any information or rumors on whether they will end up on public display. I've moved the permanent links to them down into Holley's biography and the image index.
June 10, 2006	I've added a link to Paul Noble's Loyalist-focused site, Buried History of the American Revolution.
May 31, 2006	Susan Carhart has sent along some photos and commentary on modern-day Gloucester Point.
Feb 26, 2006	With thanks to Dan Shaw, who sold me on the idea of making things more search-friendly, I have reloaded the whole site in a new format which does not use frames. If the changes cause problems with any browser, I would appreciate hearing about it.
Feb 5, 2006	I've added a brief article on the upcoming auction at Sotheby's of four battle flags captured by Tarleton in 1779-80. Thanks, as always, to Don Gara, who has sent along a transcription of The Narrative of John Tadwell Watson from the Clements Library.
Jan 14, 2006	Dr. Gregory Urwin has kindly given me permission to post an installment of his Redcoat Images series, featuring a new contemporary image of Ban Tarleton.
Oct 12, 2005	Thanks to John for pointing out the availability of a portrait print of Tarleton by Kenneth J. Spirduso. See the links page for more information. And my thanks, as always, to Elizabeth and Don who took the time to call typos to my attention! Legend has it that some people can do a decent job of proofing their own text, but unfortunately I can not. John André's execution date should now be right (duh...) as should some other odds and ends.
June 30, 2005	Not exactly a large update, but I thought it was time to prove I'm still alive. Dan Shea has sent along a link to a length on-line essay on the Race to the Dan and the Virginia Campaign. See the Introduction page for notice of an event focused on the Southside raid, contributed by Greg Eanes.
Apr. 2, 2005	There are three new biographies of Mary Robinson out in Britain, cited on her bio note. Christopher Bryant has sent along some interesting thoughts on the "Cornet Tarleton" painting (which is probably not really of Banastre Tarleton and certainly not painted by Ramsay).
Dec 30, 2004	I've added another contemporary illustration of Ban, along with the accompanying (pure gossip) article from Town and Country Magazine, July 1782. I have a new link to Cornwallis's headquarters in Winnsboro, thanks to Brett Witt. And, wonder of wonders, three new book reviews this month, and two of them are positive ones. Do two enjoyable RevWar books in a single month constitute a sign of the Apocalypse? Could be. Anyway, the pair I recommend are Last Refuge of Scoundrels by Paul Lussier, and On Guard! Against Tory and Tarleton by John Preston True. The third book, Blood Traitors by Marq de Villiers & Sheila Hirtle is simply frustrating. And I've filled in some more holes in the list of Tarleton-related documents from the PRO, indexed for the Carolinas and Virginia.
Oct 31, 2004	I recently found a contemporary(?) engraving of Tarleton which I've never seen reproduced. I also found a contemporary song dedicated to Tarleton, so I've expanded an article previously on the trivia page to its own banecdote, Odes to Colonel Tarleton. A recent vacation to the UK has provided some additional photographs for the articles on Tarleton's final home in Leintwardine and his monument within the church there. I've added to Susan Bertie's bio note a scrap of poetry written for her by Tarleton. While I was in England, I also visited George Hanger's burial site, so I've added a page with some photos of it. I've added an additional image to O'Hara's biography, though unfortunately I still don't think it's a match for the real man. I cheated a bit last update, and put a couple of extra file changes on a couple of days after the main one, to clean-up problems with links. One of the changes that ended up online that way (because I'd already entered the information) deserves a special mention: the link to Charles Baxley's newsletter "Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution." Volume 1, issue 2 is of particular interest because it focuses on modern research into the Battle of Waxhaws. There's a new book review of Drumbeats in Williamsburg by Isabelle Lawrence.
Sept. 30, 2004	John Maass has kindly allowed me to provide a new home for his paper "To Disturb the Assembly; Tarleton's Charlottesville Raid and the British Invasion of Virginia, 1781". I've added a new image (though not a portrait, unfortunately) to O'Hara's bio note.
Aug 31, 2004	I've added a brief article on the uniforms of the British Legion to my background articles section.
Jul 30, 2004	I took a first pass at a bio note for Welbore Ellis Doyle and John Doyle of the Volunteers of Ireland. Back when the series played in the UK, Doc M posted comments on Richard Holmes' TV documentary Rebels and Redcoats on one of the lists, and now that the show has finally been aired on PBS over here, I thought to ask her about posting them. While it has its problems -- serious ones where Tarleton and the Southern Campaign are concerned -- it's far and away the best documentary on the war I've ever encountered. I've added a somewhat lackadaisical book review for Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by S. Weir Mitchell, which is one of the most lackadaisical books I've ever finished. And there's the usual collection of minor additions and tweaks in the bio notes collection. I think I touched most of the longer ones this month, since I was going through a long list of notes, but especially John Harris Cruger, Alexander Leslie, Charles O'Hara, John W.T. Watson, and James Wemyss.
Jun. 30, 2004	I've added a couple of new short-short banecdotes, drawn from a Greg Eanes' Tarleton's Southside Raid, for which I've also put up a review. There are several background articles that I've been meaning to get around to writing for, oh, years now. I finally wrote one of the minor ones, A Brief Overview of British Titles, which will hopefully look so lonely with an index page all to itself that I'll write some of the others.... I have located a contemporary illustration to go with one of the peculiar snippets of newspaper gossip I found about George Hanger. There's another quotable quote or two, which I've been meaning to add forever. I finally got around to writing a review for Kenneth Robert's Oliver Wiswell. And various corrections, additions and tweaks are up for the bio notes for George Hanger, Lord Cathcart, Charles Cochrane, Lord Rawdon, and James Wemyss
Mar. 30, 2004	Don Gara sent along a new Banecdote, "Colonel Tarleton, Parson Semple and Judge Semple." The appendix to Simcoe's Journal is now online. A new snippet of trivia, courtesy of John Pearson, involving Tarleton, Benedict Arnold and George Washington's cufflinks. Reviews of Jack Absolute by C. C. Humphreys, contributed by Holley Calmes, Washington Shall Hang by Robert Wallace Russell, contributed by Kevin Derby, Pemberton by Henry Peterson, and Swamp Fire by Patricia Potter. Corrections and additions to the bio note for John Watson, a new art image page linked off that of Susan Tarleton and various tweaks to those of Lord Rawdon, Andrew Pickens and James Wemyss.
Jan. 30, 2004	Calendar Of The Operations Of The British Legion Under Lt Colonel Banastre Tarleton For Years 1778 And 1779 In Westchester County, N.Y., courtesy of Don Gara. First run at a bio note for Col. John Watson Tadwell Watson. A couple more Tarleton references among the Cornwallis Papers, have been added to the Carolinas and Virginia. A late-19th century painting of the duel between Tarleton and Washington at Cowpens.
Dec. 30, 2003	The remainder of John Graves Simcoe's A Journal of the Operations of the Queen's Rangers is now in place. Reviews of The Fallon Blood by Reagan O'Neal, contributed by Tracy Smith, and Camden, A Tale of the South by John A McClung. After some thought, I've replaced some of the miscellaneous odds and ends on Mary Robinson which I removed a few months ago. They are linked from her bio note.
Nov. 30, 2003	The first section of the text of John Graves Simcoe's A Journal of the Operations of the Queen's Rangers joins the source document archives. Reviews of Brave Enemies by Robert Morgan and The Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter, contributed by Janie Cheaney. As an example of how the Waxhaws myths grew to ridiculous proportions, a sensationalist account published in 1866 has been linked to that article. Welcome (if not surprising) documentation on Tarleton's actions during the "Lady Colleton" incident, which flatly contradicts Lyman Draper's unsupported but too-often-accepted allegations against him, has emerged thanks to a newly published book. Information has been updated in various articles where appropriate, including "I shall slaughter more men and rape more women than any other man in the army".
October 31, 2003	Tarleton's obituary in the Annual Register (1833). A couple of new links. A few more Tarleton-related documents have been added, linked through the PRO in the Carolinas table. Snippet reviews of the remaining four W. Gilmore Simms novels.
Aug. 31, 2003	The Tarleton mini-bio from Martial Biography (1804), one of the prime sources for his entry in the DNB. Text of a letter from the Earl of Moira (Lord Rawdon) to Harry Lee, in protest of material found in Lee's Memoirs. Book reviews of Patriot's Dream by Barbara Michaels, Who Comes to King's Mountain? by John Louis Beatty and Patricia Beatty, The Glorious Cause by Jeff Shaara and The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope. There's now a couple of links relating to Lord Rawdon's burial site in his bio note.
July 31, 2003	Added a Freefind search engine (see the Nav Bar at left). I've never tried one before, so feedback on successes, failures and weird results would be appreciated. An expansion of the information on the Tarleton Day School in Berwyn, PA. Is this the former Spread Eagle Tavern? A Tarleton snippet from George Hanger's Colonel George Hanger, to All Sportsmen. Four Dragoontoons by Neil Pearce and Bob Bond. Additional Tarleton documents have been added, linked through the PRO in the Carolinas and PRO in Virginia tables. Some additional photos relating to John Andre's trial and execution in Tappan, NY. A book review of The Spy; A Tale of the Neutral Ground by James Fenimore Cooper.
June 30, 2003	A page on John Andre's trial and execution in Tappan, NY.
May 30, 2003	A review of Cato's War, by Guy Wheeler -- far and away the best presentation of Tarleton in fiction I've ever found. "Tiny Dragoons", a new cartoon by Heather Bruton.
Apr. 30, 2003	A bit of trivia on the Tarleton School near Philadelphia. The world's most generic book review of the world's most generic book, John Jakes' Charleston. William Cathcart's picture is upgraded from that rather silly one by Allen to an unfinished portrait by Gainsborough. A new George Hanger anecdote. The Meikleour banecdote from Tarleton's retirement years now has some photos of the location. With Doc M's and Gretchen's help, I've added some basic corrections and additions to the recent bio notes for, Alexander Leslie, Nisbet Balfour, John Graves Simcoe and James Webster.
Mar. 30, 2003	After a false start and a bit of confusion, the bio note for James Wemyss has been substantially updated, including such goodies as the tale of how he almost ended up with a senior military appointment during the War of 1812 -- in the US Army. I've also added some short biographical notes that I've been meaning to get around to for a while: Charles James Fox, Alexander Leslie, Nisbet Balfour, John Graves Simcoe, John Harris Cruger, James Webster, Andrew Pickens, Horatio Gates, and Nathanael Greene. A review of Mary Robinson's The Natural Daughter. With Don's permission, I've added some updates to his PRO in the Carolinas and PRO in Virginia tables.
Feb. 28, 2003	The text of Sir Henry Clinton's Observations on Earl Cornwallis's Answer has been added to my collection of documents relating to the Clinton-Cornwallis Controversy. Gretchen Genet's Victory's Woman joins the "not recommended" list for fiction, whereas The Rebel and the Redcoat by Karyn Monk entertained me thoroughly.
Jan. 26, 2003	The text of Earl Cornwallis's An Answer To That Part Of The Narrative Of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. Which Relates To The Conduct Of Lieutenant-General Earl Cornwallis has been added to my collection of documents relating to the Clinton-Cornwallis Controversy. A brief review of a new publication from Saddlebag Press, the annotated diary of Baylor Hill, a rebel cavalryman taken prisoner at Lenud's Ferry. A review of John Preston True's Scouting for Washington.
Dec. 29, 2002	A brief banecdote from Tarleton's retirement years. The text of Sir Henry Clinton's The Narrative Of Lieutenant-general Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. Relative To His Conduct During Part Of His Command Of The King's Troops In North America Particularly To That Which Respects The Unfortunate Issue Of The Campaign In 1781. has been added to my collection of documents relating to the Clinton-Cornwallis Controversy. Henry Bowyer's account, and the anecdote about Sergeant Mitchell have been added to the article on Waxhaws. There is to be an academic symposium for Francis Marion this April. Check out the links page for a connection to their website. I've done a little rearranging of my subdirectories, so if anyone has a direct link to any of the source documents, such as MacKenzie's Strictures or Hanger's Memoirs, you will need to update them.
Nov. 28, 2002	A couple of poems dedicated to Tarleton, published in London newspapers. Photos of Mary Robinson's grave in Old Windsor. Some new anecdotes, corrections and additions for George Hanger's bio note, plus his poem, "Ode to Bacchus." Corrections and additions to the bio note for Christian Huck. A new address for artist Werner Willis.
Sept. 27, 2002	Article on Tarleton from the March, 1782, issue of London Magazine. An overview of The Mischianza, the pageant cum medieval joust staged by André, Tarleton and others in Philadelphia. A description of Sir Banastre's heraldic arms. A snippet of info on Tarleton's appearance in a computer game. Corrections and additions for Abraham Buford (that man never got anywhere on time...), James Wemyss, and Lord Rawdon (general stuff). A couple of additional poems by John André New links.
August 26, 2002	New bio note for The Marquis de Lafayette, contributed by Linden Salter. New bio note for Lord Rawdon. A new banecdote: Mrs. Lacey's Cows. Corrections and additions for Christian Huck. New links.
July 29, 2002	New bio notes for Abraham Buford, Richard, Moore and John Hovenden and Banina Georgiana Tarleton. Substantial updates to the bio note for Susan Bertie. Also corrections to the notes for James Wemyss. A bio note on William Washington, by his biographer, Stephen E. Haller, replacing the old note. Book reviews of Mellichampe by W. Gilmore Simms, The Painted Minx by Robert W. Chambers and some quick reviews of other stuff. A new record for silly Tarleton spotting: Spin City. Various new links.
June 30, 2002	Biographical notes for the Duc de Lauzun, and James Wemyss. A brief new lost legend. A copy of "Hudibrastic Epistle to Col. TARLETON", a satirical poem against how the war was being handled, published in 1781. Some contemporary reviews of various documents of the Clinton-Cornwallis controversy. A new twist in the exhumation of General Richardson: a Richardson really was dug up -- but it wasn't the general. A new anecdote for Charles O'Hara (learn about his brief stint as self-appointed Pope). Handwriting sample for Susan Bertie Tarleton. An afterword by Linden Salter on the poem "Ode to Valour." Photo and info on another house in Charleston with a Tarleton Legend Some new information on how the "Perdita's dead boyfriend haunts Charleston" story may have evolved, and a photo of the house he haunts. Some new links. A truly odd new quote.
May 31, 2002	Text for A History Of The Campaigns Of 1780 And 1781, In The Southern Provinces Of North America by Banastre Tarleton. (NOTE: This is my first, rather tentative, experiment with CSS. I've checked out the formatting on those browsers I can access, but if it is unreadable on your brower or looks radically different from the rest of the site, please drop me a line.) New image of Tarleton. New contemporary engraving of George Hanger in later life. We've located a couple more Legion muster rolls and added them to the list. Minor additions include new photos of Patrick Ferguson's cairn at King's Mountain, and Perdita's restaurant and the William Washington house in Charleston.
Apr. 17, 2002	A new biographical note for William Schaw Cathcart.
Mar. 29, 2002	Tarleton and Wilberforce: A Good Guy/Bad Guy exchange of roles, a commentary by Linden Salter. Service summary of officers of the British Legion Cavalry, sorted by name or troop. Service summary of officers of the British Legion Infantry, sorted by company. Roster of officers of the British Legion cavalry commissioned in the regular army, 1783. Index of the contents Of PRO 30/11 (Cornwallis Papers) with respect to Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton -- in the Carolinas Index of the contents Of PRO 30/11 (Cornwallis Papers) With Respect To Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton -- in Virginia Summary of the available Muster Rolls of The British Legion Prisoners taken at Cowpens -- British Legion Cavalry Prisoners taken at Cowpens -- British Legion Infantry A book review of Stanley Makower's Perdita: A Romance in Biography A better explanation of the Gilray cartoon "Staggering Bobs." Corrections and additions to Christian Huck's biographical note. A review of John T. Hayes' new RevWar novel, and expanded information on Saddlebag Press publications. A link to Houghton Hall. Minor information tidbits added to the biographical notes for Charles Cochrane and Mary Robinson, and more extensive additions to Susan Bertie's.
Jan. 28, 2002	An index to source documents (books, poems, newspaper articles, etc.) which appear on the site in complete form. A new biographical note for Christian Huck. More political cartoons featuring George Hanger and Ban Tarleton. An addition to the quotes list. A table of British Army Personnel captured at sea compiled from a 19th century history of American privateering.
Dec. 31, 2001	Two political cartoons of George Hanger. New links. Book review of Robert Graves' Proceed, Sergeant Lamb.
Nov. 30, 2001	A link to the website of the British Legion re-enactment group. A brief definition of the Clinton-Cornwallis Controversy. The full text of Roderick MacKenzie's Strictures On Lt. Col. Tarleton's History Of The Campaigns Of 1780 And 1781, In The Southern Provinces Of North America. The beginning of a proper unified list of references.
Oct. 27, 2001	A new Banecdote, "The Capture of Keitt" Linked the full text of the "horsebreaking" legend, as it appeared in Parton's Life of Andrew Jackson, to Max's analysis of the story. Added the text of the article from Westminster Magazine which accompanied the engraving of Tarleton and the Legion. An anecdote about George Hanger's debut at Court and how he subsequently ended up in a duel with Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Book reviews of Cast Two Shadows by Ann Rinaldi (badbadbad!) and The Partisan by W. Gilmore Simms. New, modern image of Tarleton by Heather Bruton. An example of Tarleton's signature as Lieutenant Colonel of the British Legion The origins of Tarleton's plethora of nicknames -- "Bloody Ban", etc. The usual miscellaneous collection of corrections, expansions and fiddles in the biographies of George Hanger, Daniel Morgan, Mary Robinson, and William Washington. And a couple of new links.
Sept 30, 2001	Additons to the bibliography. Links to the Art Renewal Center and the UMC Dissertation service. A transcription of George Hanger's obituary from The Gentleman's Magazine (May 1824)
Aug 31, 2001	The first revision of a biography page for Charles O'Hara. A biography page for Patrick Ferguson, which largely consists of an off-site connection to information on him. A couple of additions and factual corrections to Banastre's biography, including new information on Tarleton's daughter. Photos and information on Banastre's final home in the country. Transcripts of two obituaries. New odds and ends in trivia, bibliography, and links. New contact address for Saddlebag Press. Various minor corrections and new snippets of information on John André, Susan Bertie Tarleton, Sir Henry Clinton, Charles Cochrane, George Hanger, Francis Marion, and Mary Robinson.
July 28, 2001	A transcript of George Hanger's An Address to the Army; in reply to Strictures, by Roderick M'Kenzie, (Late Lieutenant in the 71st Regiment) on Tarleton's History of The Campaigns of 1780 and 1781.. A review of Jean Plaidy's novel Perdita's Prince. A biography of Tarleton's "other" major, Charles Cochrane. A fairly extensive rewrite/expansion of George Hanger's biography. Additions to the "further reading" lists for Francis Marion, and John André. Additional references and quotes for Mary Robinson. New material in the bibliography and links page. An additional quotation in the write-up on General Richardson. The full text to Anna Seward's Monody on Major André. Pages on John André's monument in Westminster Abbey, and his poetry. "The Night Before Christmas, 1780 South Carolina Style" by Doc M.
May 31, 2001	New material in the bibliography. Minor addition to Susan Bertie's biography. Addition to DragoonToons. Additional quotes. A new image on The Art of Werner Willis. A new banecdote on the opening of General Richardson's grave. The beginning of a trip report on South Carolina locations.
Apr 27, 2001	New links to Carter's Grove information, and additional lead miniatures. Added a quick index to images on the site. Added information on The Art of Werner Willis. New quotes. Added a new Tarleton image by Cosway to page three of the biography. New books reviews of Jefferson, A Novel by Max Byrd and Valley Forge, A Novel by MacKinlay Kantor. Several new quotes on individual reviews, too Bibliography: Added Rise and Fight Again by C.B. Flood. Added a brief "key" to some of the " blanked out" political names in George Hanger's memoirs, and the remaining chapters of Volume 2 (now complete). Added a new quotation to Francis Marion's mini-bio. New information on the disposition of uninjured rebel prisoners at Waxhaws.
Mar 30, 2001	Clarified that many thumbnail images are hotlinks to additional pages. On the biography page, added new images, along with expanded the information on the images, and a couple of family history corrections, courtesy of Adam Tarleton. A new Banecdote on Perdita's in Charleston. Modified A Treatise on Polygamy with info from Hanger's memoirs. Added a couple of new quotes. Revised and expanded John André's biography, and added additional images to it. Added images of Susan Bertie's father and aunts, in lieu of finding a portrait of her. Added a sketch of Francis Marion to his mini-bio. Added the first sections of George Hanger's memoirs. Revised and expanded Mary Robinson's mini-biography, and added additional images to it. Added new tidbits to the trivia page. Added a few new links. Added contact information for Saddlebag Press.
Feb 24, 2001	Added film review of The Scarlet Coat. Added photos of the plaque marking Tarleton's birthplace in Liverpool, and his memorial in Leintwardine, with comments by Peter Tarleton. General clean-up. Additions to the bibliography and links pages. Update to George Hanger mini-biography, with additional information on his memoirs. New quotes on the André and Washington minibios. Broke book reviews down into separate pages, and added Dawn's Early Light by Elswyth Thane.
Feb 01, 2001	Updated mini-biographies of André, George Hanger and Washington. Additions to the bibliography and links pages.
Jan 07, 2001	Added a new Banecdote: The ghostwriting of The Green Dragoon by the author of Ivanhoe.
Jan 06, 2001	Transfer to permanent URL at www.banastretarleton.org.
Nov 06, 2000	Trial version of the site placed on-line.

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