Memoir of Col. Benjamin Tallmadge
Col. Benjamin Tallmadge
- The
- Revolutionary
- War
- colonel—and
- leader
- of
- the
- famed
- Culper
- Spy
- Ring—tells
- his
- story
- in
- this
- fascinating
- historical
- autobiography.When
- British
- troops
- defeated
- the
- Continental
- Army
- on
- Long
- Island,
- General
- George
- Washington
- was
- forced
- to
- abandon
- New
- York
- in
- order
- to
- save
- the
- revolution.
- The
- British
- established
- their
- headquarters
- in
- New
- York
- City—beginning
- an
- occupation
- that
- would
- last
- the
- length
- of
- the
- war.Priceless
- intelligence
- flowed
- through
- the
- city’s
- harbor,
- and
- Washington
- wanted
- to
- claim
- it
- as
- his
- own.
- To
- Benjamin
- Tallmadge,
- a
- young
- officer
- of
- the
- Continental
- Army,
- the
- general
- assigned
- an
- impossible
- mission:
- Infiltrate
- New
- York,
- establish
- a
- spy
- network,
- and
- report
- everything
- the
- British
- know.Throughout
- the
- war,
- Tallmadge
- and
- his
- spies
- collected
- intelligence
- on
- troop
- movements,
- sneak
- attacks,
- and
- the
- treachery
- of
- Benedict
- Arnold.
- Nearly
- two
- and
- a
- half
- centuries
- later,
- the
- heroic
- exploits
- of
- the
- Culper
- Spy
- Ring
- have
- served
- as
- the
- inspiration
- for
- the
- acclaimed
- TV
- series
- Turn:
- Washington’s
- Spies
- and
- the
- video
- game
- Assassin’s
- Creed
- III.
- In
- this
- lively
- and
- engaging
- memoir,
- the
- days
- of
- revolution
- are
- remembered
- by
- a
- patriot
- who
- fought
- in
- the
- shadows—and
- helped
- redefine
- the
- nature
- of
- espionage.This
- ebook
- has
- been
- professionally
- proofread
- to
- ensure
- accuracy
- and
- readability
- on
- all devices.