Charles Dewey

Charles Dewey holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in History with a concentration in military history from the Virginia Military Institute. He has interned and published articles for the History News Network, and is currently a military intelligence officer in the US Army National Guard and a historical interpreter and educator at Fort Lee Historic Park. He received the Walter S. Hinman Award for his thesis on the Sterling Ironworks and the creation of the West Point chain. His research interests include intelligence operations, politics, and social changes in the Hudson Valley and the greater New York City area during the Revolution, as well as the influence of American political thought on the French Revolution.

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Espionage and Cryptography, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) April 26, 2021 April 25, 2021

Amicus Reipublicae; or, Abraham Bancker, Friend of the Republic

Abraham Bancker gave in to temptation on September 10, 1789, when he petitioned George Washington for a federal appointment as compensation for his service…

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Espionage and Cryptography, Memoir, Pension Records, People October 24, 2019 October 23, 2019

Enoch Crosby: A Hudson Valley Spy in Fact and Fiction

James Fenimore Cooper published his wildly popular second novel, The Spy: a Tale of the Neutral Ground, in 1821. The book tells the story…

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Espionage and Cryptography, People, The War Years (1775-1783) April 1, 2019 March 30, 2019

The Double Spy: The Service and Suffering of Caleb Bruen

“But while a confidence trickster, a play actor or a gambler can return from his performance to the ranks of his admirers, the secret…

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Loyalists, People, The War Years (1775-1783) March 25, 2019 March 20, 2019

Terror in the Ramapos

While there were many Revolutionary-era outlaws, Claudius Smith and the Cowboys of the Ramapos stand apart. Their story has long been exaggerated and romanticized…

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Conflict & War, Espionage and Cryptography, People, The War Years (1775-1783) November 20, 2018 November 18, 2018

Alexander Clough: Forgotten Patriot Spymaster

Television series and popular books such as TURN: Washington’s Spies and Alexander Rose’s Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring recreate and immortalize the exploits…