Memoir of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge

Memoir of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge is a compact yet invaluable Revolutionary War narrative, recounting the author's service as a Continental Army officer, intelligence organizer, and participant in key military episodes. Written in the plain, retrospective prose of early American autobiography, it combines personal recollection with documentary sobriety. Its greatest historical importance lies in its account of espionage, especially the Culper Ring, and in its insider's view of Washington's army, where discipline, secrecy, and republican commitment intersected. Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835), Yale graduate, schoolmaster, dragoon officer, and later Federalist congressman, wrote from the vantage point of a man whose public life bridged revolution and nation-building. His education, military intimacy with Washington's command, and postwar political career shaped a memoir concerned not merely with adventure but with civic memory. The work reflects a veteran's desire to preserve honorable service and clarify the hidden labor behind independence. This memoir is recommended to readers interested in the American Revolution beyond battlefield mythology. Scholars, students, and general readers will find it a lucid primary source on military intelligence, patriotic duty, and the self-fashioning of the revolutionary generation.

Pagina's: 76, Paperback, Sharp Ink