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Whereas Tavington is depicted as aristocratic but penniless, Tarleton came from a wealthy Liverpool merchant family.

Tarleton did not die in battle or from impalement, as Tavington did in the film.

Tarleton died on January 16, 1833 in Leintwardine, Shropshire, England, at the age of 78, nearly 50 years after the war ended.

He outlived Col. Francis Marion who died in 1795, by 38 years.

Before his death, Tarleton had achieved the military rank of General, equal to that held by the overall British Commanders during the American Revolution, and became a baronet and a member of the British Parliament.

There he was, unfortunately for his legacy, a fierce defender of the African slave trade upon which his family fortune was based.