"Tarleton's Quarter!" 2010

Tarleton quarter game british attempt win american revolution invade southern colony game cover period british landing georgia october historical end siege yorktown surrender cornwallis army object british effort south bring southern colony georgia south carolina north carolina virginiaback british sway year uninterrupted continental control ideally english want restore civil government ie return south status antebellum british governor taxis pay crown expensive garrison enforce situation tarleton quarter highlight salient aspect british campaign south foremost effect leadership difficulty side find leader bold rash rarely energy sound judgment come package vital factor terrain southern colony feature water reason water form river swamps dominant terrain feature surprise rain lot particularly carolina fact on ground raise noncombat loss like cause disease keep army intact headache time s romantic lose large number man player control people live north south carolinas pestilential swamp swampy area precisely rice indigo grow well th century carolina money cotton late developmentperhap important factor continue british belief untapped reservoir loyalist support south command british army know nt manpower control southern half american colony rely appearance silent majority loyal previously suppress american subject control province sweep continental force appropriately allow indulge overconfidence red coat allow.