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[citation needed] Around this time, André took over control of British communication with Continental Army officer Benedict Arnold. Arnold was a popular general officer who had been wounded twice in battle, and was considered an American hero for his actions at the Battles of Saratoga. However, he had become bitter about the decline in his ...
A coded communication. Handwriting by Peggy Shippen Arnold is interspersed with coded communication in Arnold's hand.. The Arnold Cipher was a book cipher used by John André and Benedict Arnold during the negotiations that led to Arnold's failed attempt to surrender West Point to the British in 1780.
Benedict Arnold (14 January 1741 [O.S. 3 January 1740] [1] [a] – June 14, 1801) was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defecting to the British in 1780.
major john andre, of the british army who entered the american lines on a secret mission to benedict arnold for the surrender of west point, was taken prisoner tried and condemned as a spy. his death though according to the stern code of war moved even his enemies to pity, and both armies mourned the fate of one so young and brave.
The military career of Benedict Arnold from 1777 to 1779 was marked by two important events in his career. In July 1777, Arnold was assigned to the Continental Army's Northern Department, where he played pivotal roles in bringing about the failure of British Brigadier Barry St. Leger's siege of Fort Stanwix and the American success in the battles of Saratoga, which fundamentally altered the ...
A portrait of Major John Andre remains upside down at the '76 House in Tappan. General George Washington turned it over when Andre was hung as a spy after giving the plans of West Point to ...
Agent 355 was best known for providing the intelligence that led to the capture of the treasonous Benedict Arnold. [59] While some sources make note of Agent 355 as an intelligence gatherer, others believe the code number simply referred to Anna Strong , or was a misunderstanding of a cryptic reference in one of Abraham Woodhull's letters.
David Williams (October 21, 1754 – August 2, 1831) was a militiaman from the state of New York during the American Revolution.In 1780, he was one of three men to capture British Major John André, who was convicted and executed as a spy for conspiring with treasonous Continental general and commandant of West Point Benedict Arnold.