Benjamin Tallmadge

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Benjamin Tallmadge was an American Revolutionary War officer and spymaster who led the Culper Spy Ring under George Washington.

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Label Occurrences
Benjamin Tallmadge canonical 9
Benjamin Tallmadge Sr. 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American military officer
Continental Army officer
human
intelligence officer
spymaster
allegiance Continental Congress
United States of America
surface form: United States
conflict American Revolutionary War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States (post-independence)

United States of America
dateOfBirth 1754-02-25
dateOfDeath 1835-03-07
describedBySource Revolutionary War memoirs
United States historical records
educatedAt Yale College
employer Continental Army
familyName Tallmadge, Ohio
surface form: Tallmadge
father Benjamin Tallmadge self-linksurface differs
surface form: Benjamin Tallmadge Sr.
givenName Benjamin
hasPart Culper Ring
surface form: Culper Spy Ring (as his intelligence network)
languageSpoken English
memberOf United States House of Representatives
militaryBranch Continental Army
militaryRank lieutenant colonel
major
militaryUnit 2nd Continental Light Dragoons
notableFor developing codes and ciphers for Revolutionary War intelligence
directing the Culper Spy Ring
serving as George Washington’s chief intelligence officer in the New York region
notableStudent members of the Culper Spy Ring
notableWork Tallmadge’s Memoir (Revolutionary War memoirs)
leadership of the Culper Spy Ring
organization of American military intelligence operations on Long Island
placeOfBirth British America
Province of New York
Setauket
placeOfDeath Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
surface form: Litchfield, Connecticut

United States of America
positionHeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut
bank president in Litchfield, Connecticut
postmaster of Litchfield, Connecticut
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
surface form: Litchfield, Connecticut
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary Floyd
workLocation Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
surface form: Litchfield, Connecticut

Long Island
New York City

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Turn: Washington's Spies mainCharacter Benjamin Tallmadge
Culper Ring notableMember Benjamin Tallmadge
Culper Ring coordinatedBy Benjamin Tallmadge
Abraham Woodhull cooperatedWith Benjamin Tallmadge
Benjamin Tallmadge father Benjamin Tallmadge self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Benjamin Tallmadge Sr.
Caleb Brewster notableAssociate Benjamin Tallmadge
Caleb Brewster servedUnder Benjamin Tallmadge
Turn mainCharacter Benjamin Tallmadge
Seth Numrich notableRole Benjamin Tallmadge
Setauket, New York associatedWith Benjamin Tallmadge