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<p><p><p><p><p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Banastre-Tarleton-by-Joshua-Reynolds.jpg/200px-Banastre-Tarleton-by-Joshua-Reynolds.jpg" alt="200px-Banastre-Tarleton-by-Joshua-Reynolds.jpg" /></p></p></p></p></p></p>
<p><p><p><p><p><p>29 May 1780, Battle of Waxhaws, during American Revolution, where General Banastre Tarleton and his men massacred Rebel leader Abraham Buford's men while they supposedly surrendered, giving Tarleton's ugly reputation, but what is not told is how they were given the opportunity to do so before, but refused. The Continental Army surrendered during the battle, but once Tarleton's horse was shot, the enraged loyalists thought their commander was dead, and so gave the opposing army no mercy. It served as a propaganda to American forces and the whole event was <a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a></a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="<a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a></a></a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="<a href="<a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a></a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="<a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a></a></a></a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="<a href="<a href="<a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a></a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="<a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a></a></a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="<a href="<a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a></a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="<a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a>" rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html" rel="external nofollow">http://home.golden.net/~marg/bansite/banecdotes/96quarter.html</a></a></a></a></a>" rel="external nofollow">really exaggerated</a>. The whole incident is called Tarleton's Quarters.</p></p></p></p></p></p>