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Benjamin Tallmadge (February 25, 1754 – March 7, 1835) was an American military officer, spymaster, and politician. He is best known for his service as an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War .
The Culper Ring was a network of spies active during the American Revolutionary War, organized by Major Benjamin Tallmadge and General George Washington in 1778 during the British occupation of New York City. The name "Culper" was suggested by George Washington and taken from Culpeper County, Virginia.
The Battle of Fort St. George (or Fort George) was the culmination of a Continental Army raiding expedition led by Benjamin Tallmadge against a fortified Loyalist outpost and storage depot at the Manor St. George on the south coast of Long Island on November 23, 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. Tallmadge's raid was successful; the ...
Major Benjamin Tallmadge, a senior intelligence officer under Continental Army commander George Washington, played a key role in the capture of Major John André, who preceded DeLancey as chief of the British secret service in New York. Although he declined to discuss the episode in his memoirs, it is said that one of Tallmadge's agents had ...
The Manor St. George as sketched for Benjamin Tallmadge during the Revolutionary War. Manor St. George or St. George's Manor was a large tract of land purchased by William "Tangier" Smith in the 17th century on Long Island, in central Suffolk County, New York.
For this revival, Tallmadge High School senior Rebecca Banig, 17, stars as Snow White. It's a bittersweet time for Banig, who's performing her final role before graduating from high school and the ...
On the night of October 2, 100 men under the command of Benjamin Tallmadge and led by Major Lemuel Trescott departed Norwalk, Connecticut in whaleboats across the Long Island Sound. Trescott's force was split between 50 men under Captain Richard's Company of the Connecticut Line and 50 men from Captain Edgar's Dismounted Dragoons.
CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how three teens at a high school in Iowa jumped into action to help save a man they saw struggling after he fell on train tracks.