Hence, he recruited dozens of agents for espionage and counterintelligence missions.
But there is only one reference to Agent 355a letter that Washington received from Abraham Woodhull.
Anna Smith, her maiden name, was a neighbor and Woodhull’s collaborator.
He was unsuccessful; intercepted by two soldiers, a court martial sentenced him to death in 1780.
Andre did not give Benedict Arnold away, but the papers he was carrying did.
Benedict Arnold
And he was none other than Robert Townsend, just another agent Woodhull had in New York.
The Culper Ring was the name given to the spy ring created by Tallmadge and Woodhull in New York.
A page from the code book of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolutionary War.
Was Sarah Agent 355 or was Anna Strong?
Impossible to know because there is still a third candidate, Elizabeth Burgin.
His desperate wife decided to help him by denouncing Elizabeth and the authorities offered a reward for her capture.
The mystery of Agent 355 remains.
This article was originally published inLa Brujula Verde.
It has been translated from Spanish and republished with permission.
