22-06 The Traitor's Wife

This video is about how Margaret "Peggy" Shippen, a young woman with aristocratic roots in Philadelphia ended up becoming the highest paid spy in the Revolutionary War and helping turn Benedict Arnold from a disgruntled Continental Army General to a traitor, influencing him to switch sides. We also will talk about Major John Andre, the British spymaster whom Arnold turned over plans to hand West Point (a strategic fort) over to the Redcoats. And how he was caught and executed by Continentals. This is a great story of how one woman's influence affected two men's lives and how she impacted the war for independence.

Link to the video I spoke of. A compliment to today's story. "The Trial and Execution of Maj. John Andre." Good side story to this video.
CREDITS:

SOURCES:

"Who Was Peggy Shippen: The "It Girl" Spy
YT Video
American Battlefield Trust
September 22, 2021

"Who is the Mystery Woman in Benedict Arnold's Secret Letters?"
YT Video
Smithsonian Channel
April 2, 2019

"Who Was Peggy Shippen?"
YT Video
George Washington's Mount Vernon
March 10, 2016

"Biography of Peggy Shippen, Socialite and Spy"
ThoughtCo.
by Amanda Prahl
Updated January 16, 2020

"The Trial and Execution of Maj. John Andre"
YT Video
Vlogging Through History
December 14, 2020

PICTURES:

Flickr
Flickr (pics in beginning from "Turn" - History Channel)

Wikipedia

SPECIAL THANKS:

Meherat Yerga
Jason Zukowski

THEME- INTRO/OUTRO

Scott Beck

THUMBNAIL:

"Buck" the Catcher