Tuesday, November 22, 2005
American Revolutionary Battle Flags
The Washington Times reports:
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Four rare battle flags captured during the American War of Independence by a British officer have been returned after more than two centuries to be auctioned.Col. Tarleton was portrayed as the heavy in Mel Gibson's The Patriot.
The regimental colors seized in 1779 and 1780 by Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton, who remains one of the conflict's most controversial figures, have already aroused huge interest among American military historians. They are expected to fetch between $4 million and $10 million at Sotheby's in New York next year.
Until recently the flags had hung in the Hampshire, England, home of Capt. Christopher Tarleton Fagan, the great-great-great-great nephew of Col. Tarleton.
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// posted by Tex the Pontificator @ 11/22/2005 08:12:00 PM 
