Army officer who betrayed America to the British during the Revolutionary War (1740–1801)

The Fall of Lucifer , an elegiac poem on the infamous defection of the late General Arnold. [Three lines in Latin from Virgil].

Proceedings of a board of general officers , held by order of His Excellency Gen. Washington, commander in chief of the army of the United States of America. Respecting Major John André, adjutant general of the British Army. September 29, 1780.

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