# Bloody Ban Tarleton

A short narrative of a meeting with General Cornwallis and Bloody Ban Tarleton.  

In the year 1780, South Carolina was in the grip of violence and turmoil. On December 3, 1780, General Nathanael Greene assumed command of the southern department from General Horatio Gates. Gates, the hero of Saratoga, had struggled in the Carolinas most notably at the disastrous battle of Camden.…

The Revolutionary War has moved south. Banastre 'Bloody Ban' Tarleton is terrorizing the countryside, and a force of British-led loyalists threaten to take control of the Great Wagon Road, cutting off the southern colonies from the rest of the fragile union. Jonathan and the Overmountain Men go to …