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1770–1775 Green Mountain Boys1778–1781 Continental Army1779–1780 Vermont Republic militia |rank = Major General (Vermont Republic militia) Colonel (Continental Army) |branch = Continental Army Vermont Republic militia |commands =…

* American Revolutionary War* Spy mission, Rhode Island* Yorktown campaign (naval)He also smuggled weapons for the Americans in 1775 from Saint-Pierre and Miquelon Island. Enraged, the British burned…

Benjamin Tallmadge (February 11, 1754 – March 7, 1835) was a member of the United States House of Representatives. His birth date is alternately listed as February 25,…

James Armistead Lafayette (December 10, 1760–August 9, 1830) was the first African American double agent. An African American slave, Armistead was owned by William Armistead in Virginia during…

Benjamin Edes (October 14, 1732 – December 11, 1803) was a journalist and political agitator. He is best known, along with John Gill, as the publisher of the…

Robert Townsend (November 25, 1753 – March 7, 1838) was a member of the Culper Ring during the American Revolution. With the aliases “Samuel Culper, Jr.” and “723,”…

* Capture of Fort Ticonderoga* Arnold’s expedition to Quebec* Battle of Quebec* Battle of The Cedars* Battle of Valcour Island* Battle of Ridgefield* Relief of Fort Stanwix* Battles…

Margaret Kemble Gage (1734–1824) was the wife of General Thomas Gage, who led the British Army during the American Revolutionary War, and is said to have spied against…

Jonathan Loring Austin (January 2, 1748 – May 10, 1826) was a Massachusetts revolutionary, diplomat and politician who served as the second Secretary of the Commonwealth and the…