Cohort of Cornwallis

Usage examples of tarleton.

Tarleton was to attack Morgan in front, while Cornwallis was to follow up the left bank of Broad River and capture the fugitive Americans.

Mrs Tarleton, whose knees are stiffer, bends over him and tries to lift him.

Marion retreats before a superior Force -- Defeats the Tories at Black Mingo -- Surprises and disperses the Force of Colonel Tynes at Tarcote -- Is pursued by Tarleton.

Tarleton had been apprised of the gatherings at Williamsburg, and, at the head of some seventy men, was pressing forward with the hope of surprising James.

Tarleton rolled her red-brown eyes and sucked in her tower lip in burlesqued appreciation, and the girls cried, “Ma, stop making, eyes or well tell Pa!

Suellen had now come to an “understanding” with Frank Kennedy and sang “When This Cruel War Is Over” with an arch mean­ing Scarlett found well-nigh unendurable, and Carreen was too wrapped up in dreams of Brent Tarleton to be inter­esting company.

Tarleton had a brood mare and a colt and was as happy as though she had a million dollars.

Tarleton bullied her grown sons and laid her riding crop on their backs if the occasion seemed to warrant it.

Tarleton insinuates that the sole desire of Marion was to save himself.

Poor India, thought Scarlett, she’s had so much trouble keeping house since her mother died that she’s never had the chance to catch any beau except Stuart Tarleton, and it certainly wasn’t my fault if he thought I was prettier than she.