Author: Robert Ford

Robert Ford graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1977 and completed a tour of duty as an officer in the U.S. Army. He returned to graduate school, obtaining a J.D. degree from Wake Forest University. He practiced for over thirty years as a trial lawyer, specializing in medical malpractice cases. While a lawyer, he published extensively on legal issues. Since retirement, he has pursued a lifelong interest in the history of the Revolutionary War. He is the author of The Battle of Cowpens, Reexamined, due to be released in 2025 by Blackwater Press.

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Tarleton at the Waxhaws: A Proposal for Reconciliation

The engagement between Abraham Buford and Banastre Tarleton at the Waxhaws has attracted controversy since it occurred. Buford has had supporters and detractors, just as students of the battle have exonerated or excoriated Tarleton. The problem has been that this kind of black-or-white determination suggests one side was entirely at fault, the other entirely blameless. […]

by Robert Ford