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Perhaps one of the bloodiest officers ever to fight in the 18th Century British Army, Lt Col Banastre Tarleton gained his reputation at the Waxhaws in Lancaster County, South Carolina. The terms "Bloody Ban" and "Tarleton's Quarter" were coined directly as a result of the battle that came to be known as Buford's Massacre. But did he deserve such revilement? This conference reviewed historical (then contemporary) evidence to determine if the Battle at the Waxhaws was merely a hard-fought battle in which the British happened to be victorious, or truly a massacre. Whatever your view on such an issue, the "perception" of a merciless battle commander stayed with Tarleton for the rest of his career.
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