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I think I've visited it before, and I may even have posted about it before, but I'm really impressed by this page about Banastre Tarleton (specifically) and the American Revolution in the South (more generally). It's full of excellent stuff, put together very professionally (if not full of over-the-top web tricks and froo-fraws, like annoying, unstoppable music or unnecessary and bandwidth-jamming video). I was looking for information on George Hanger*, who was somewhere between an ordianry English gentleman and officer and a complete and utter fruitcake, and this site was very helpful.

* You've got to know that someone who wrote two autobiographical volumes, one titled "Lives, Adventures, and Opinions" and anther called "Lives, Adventures, and Sharping Tricks of Eminent Gamesters" is going to be a rare character, worthy of swapping stories with Sir Harry Flashman. Apparently no one has written a biography of him; this seems criminal, and if I ever have the time to do proper research, I think I owe it to history to put him at the top of my list for writing on.