Spies of the Revolutionary War
Learn how spies and spymasters operated during the American Revolution.
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Black Spies of the American Revolution
Even 250 years after the events of the American Revolution, there is much that historians are still piecing together about the activities of spies...
Who Was Peggy Shippen: The "It Girl" Spy
VIDEO | Spies: Their names became a by word for betrayal. They were tortured. Hanged. And their bodies strung up in public. Why did Philadelphia "It...
Lola Sánchez
Maria Dolores “Lola” Sánchez was one of the most unsuspecting Confederate spies of the Civil War. Born to Cuban parents who immigrated to Florida in...
Dr. Benjamin Church
As a member of the Sons of Liberty and the first Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Benjamin Church Jr. seemed to be a zealous patriot on the...
American Dogs
We all know that dogs are man's best friend. In wartime, dogs would help hunt and act as couriers but they also provided a much-needed morale boost to...
How Well Do You Know Lola Sánchez?
Test your knowledge of this female Confederate spy.
How well do you know Antonia Ford Willard?
Test your knowledge of this female confederate spy
10 Facts: Harriet Tubman
Explore ten crucial facts about Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist, spy, nurse, suffragette, and former slave who worked tirelessly to free enslaved...
Benjamin Tallmadge
One of the Revolutionary cause’s most patriotic and indispensable sons, Benjamin Tallmadge, was born February 25, 1754, in Setauket, New York, on Long...
The Loyal League
It may be that the best spies leave no trace. But it shouldn’t be a secret that in a 2007 publication, the CIA identified information from African...
James Armistead Lafayette
Born into slavery around 1760, James Armistead lived most of his life on a plantation in New Kent, Virginia. During the American Revolution, however...