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Major Tallmadge, upon returning to regimental headquarters near Northcastle on the evening of Sept. 23 1780, found that a prisoner, giving his name as John Anderson, had been brought into camp by three "cow-boys" named Paulding, Van Wert, and Williams, and been sent under guard to General Arnold at West Point. From papers found on the prisoner, Tallmadge suspected something wrong & prevailed upon Lieutenant Colonel Jameson to order the prisoner's transfer from Arnold's headquarters to the headquarters of the Second Dragoons. On the prisoner's arrival, Tallmadge recognized in his gait & carriage a military man, and at Salem, whither he removed him, Tallmadge became the recipient of the prisoner's confidence, who revealed his identity as that of Major John André, Adjutant-General in the British army. The sequel is well known--André's conveyance to Washington's headquarters at Tappan under the escort of Major Tallmadge, the trial and the unfortunate young soldier's execution. Major Tallmadge's connection with the prisoner during those terrible days revealed to him the noble nature of this young man, who risked his good name & life for king and country. Tallmadge writes, "for the few days of intimate intercourse I had with him... I became so deeply attached to Major André that I can remember no instance where my affections were so fully absorbed in any man. When I saw him swinging under the gibbet, it seemed for a time as if I could not support it." p. 271-2
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