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Turn: Washington's Spies (originally titled Turn and stylized as TURИ: Washington's Spies) is an American period drama television series based on Alexander Rose 's book Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring (2007), [3] a history of the Culper Ring. [4] The series originally aired on the AMC network for four seasons, from ...
episodes. Turn: Washington's Spies [1] (stylized as TURИ: Washington's Spies) is an American period drama television series developed by Craig Silverstein and based on Alexander Rose ’s book Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring (2007), [2] a history of the Culper Ring. [3] The series aired on AMC from April 6, 2014, [4 ...
Culper Ring. 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.
Agent 355. 355 (died after 1780) was the supposed code name of a female spy during the American Revolution who was part of the Culper Ring spy network. She was one of the first spies for the United States, but her real identity is unknown. [1] The number 355 could be decrypted from the system the Culper Ring used to mean "lady." [2]
Peggy Shippen. Margaret Shippen (July 11, 1760 – August 24, 1804) [1] was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold. She has been described as "the highest-paid spy in the American Revolution ". [2] Shippen was born into a prominent Philadelphia family with Loyalist tendencies. She met Arnold during his tenure as military commander of the ...
Abraham Woodhull. Abraham Woodhull (October 7, 1750 – January 23, 1826) was a leading member of the Culper Spy Ring in New York City and Setauket, New York, during the American Revolutionary War. He used the alias "Samuel Culper" (later "Samuel Culper Sr."), which was a play on Culpeper County, Virginia, and was suggested by George Washington .
Tallmadge was born February 25, 1754, the son of Susannah Smith (1729–1768) and Rev. Benjamin Tallmadge Sr. (1725–1786), a clergyman in Setauket, New York, a hamlet of the Town of Brookhaven, New York, on Long Island. [1] [2] He graduated from Yale in 1773, where he was a member of Brothers in Unity [3] and was a classmate and close friend ...
Caleb Brewster (September 12, 1747 – February 13, 1827) was a member of the Culper spy ring during the American Revolutionary War, reporting to General George Washington through Major Benjamin Tallmadge. He carried messages across Long Island Sound between Major Tallmadge and the ring's main spies on Long Island, New York, and in New York City.