Sir Banastre Tarleton
Character Key Number:
2833
Display Name:
Sir Banastre Tarleton
Sort Name:
Tarleton, Sir Banastre
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
No
Biography:
The British commander that Charles Stuart Compson fought under in the "Appendix Compson" (326), Banastre Tarleton, was known in England as an outstanding military leader during the Revolutionary War, which he joined at the age of 21. In America, however, Tarleton had a reputation for savagery on the field; he and his men participated in the capture of Charleston, and later became infamous for what Americans called the "Waxhaws Massacre" in South Carolina in 1780.