Benjamin Tallmadge
War Hero
American Revolutionary War hero who organized the Culper Spy Ring, which was tasked with sending General George Washington information on the British Army who, at the time, were occupying New York City.
He graduated from Yale college in 1773
He is one of the main characters in the AMC series Turn, which premiered in 2014.
His son was New York City Police Commissioner Frederick A. Tallmadge.
Famed American Revolutionary War spy Nathan Hale was his classmate at Yale.