Benjamin Tallmadge: The Schoolteacher Who Ran Washington's Spies
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before he ran George Washington's secret intelligence network, Benjamin Tallmadge was a Yale gra...
3 Okt 23min
The Tricorn Hat: From Spanish Musketeers to Patriot Icon
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The three-cornered hat is the ultimate visual shorthand for the American Revolution, yet its sto...
3 Okt 22min
Siege of Fort Stanwix 1777: The Bluff That Broke a British Army
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In August 1777, a British force under Brigadier General Barry St. Leger marched through the Moha...
3 Okt 24min
Battle of White Plains: The Retreat That Saved the Revolution
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow was inspired by a real Hessian soldier killed by a cannon...
3 Okt 11min
The Newburgh Conspiracy: How Washington Stopped a Military Coup
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In March 1783, the biggest threat to the new republic came from George Washington's own unpaid o...
3 Okt 23min
Battle of Germantown: How a Defeat Helped Win the Revolution
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Two days after the Battle of Germantown, George Washington returned General William Howe's lost ...
3 Okt 20min
The Culper Ring: Washington's Secret Civilian Spy Network
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After Nathan Hale's execution and other failed missions, George Washington needed reliable intel...
3 Okt 23min
Siege of Yorktown: Deception, Trenches, and an Awkward Surrender
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Siege of Yorktown in 1781 decided the American Revolution, but it ended with Lord Cornwallis...
3 Okt 24min
