How did the Culper Spy Ring out-spy the British spies?

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Mad Max

23 February, 08:59

How did the Culper Spy Ring out-spy the British spies?

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Marianna Sanders · Answer 1

British forces occupied New York in August 1776, and the city would remain a British stronghold and a major naval base for the duration of the Revolutionary War. Though getting information from New York on British troop movements and other plans was critical to General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, there was simply no reliable intelligence network that existed on the Patriot side at that time.