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Anna Smith Strong would receive information for the spies around the area she then would hang a black petticoat that meant that another member of the Culper Gang had information ready to be picked up and depending on the number of handkerchiefs Anna hung directed the agent to directly where the information could be found.

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Lydia Darragh eavesdropped on British soldiers in her Parlor and wrote what she heard on tiny notes sewn into her son’s cloth buttons on his coat that got delivered straight to Washington.

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Enoch Crosby was one of the first counterintelligence operatives and he had a whole gang of British sympathizers rounded up and before he was finally discharged and hailed as a hero in 1777, even Crosby’s own parents believed their son was a traitor to the Patriot cause.

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Benjamin Tallmadge and the Culper Spy Ring

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Benjamin Tallmadge and the Culper Spy Ring

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Benjamin Tallmadge and the Culper Spy Ring carried messages to General Washington and informed him about all British movements including their plan to ambush the French at Newport, Rhode Island.

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James Armistead was the spy who funneled false information to the British and was one of the first sources to inform Lafayette that the British were marshaling their forces at Yorktown.

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Nathan Hale gave his life for this country and gave the famous quote “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” -Nathan Hale.