Nathan Hale

Nathan Hale

male, deceased (1776)
intelligence-gathering mission, Yale University alumni, AmericanRevolutionaryWarexecution, intelligence in the American Revolutionary War, Connecticut colonial, American…execution, American Revolutionary War, American Revolution spy
Nathan Hale (June 6 1755 - September 22 1776) was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered...

John André

male, deceased (1780)
AmericanRevolutionaryWarexecution, Anglo-French, American, execution, secret agent, From London…American Revolutionary War, American Revolution spy
John André was a British officer hanged as a spy during the American Revolutionary War. This was due to an incident in which he assisted Benedict A...
William Crawford

William Crawford

male, deceased (1782)
AmericanRevolutionaryWarexecution, Pennsylvania colonial, Virginia colonial, execution, burnt at the stake, execution by burning…American Revolutionary War, French and Indian War, American, american indian
William Crawford was an American soldier and surveyor who worked as a western land agent for George Washington. Crawford fought in the French and...

Cornstalk

male, deceased (1777)
AmericanRevolutionaryWarexecution, leader, american revolution, Murdered Native American, shawnee, american indian…American Revolutionary War, Native American in the American Revolution, Native American
Hokoleskwa or Cornstalk (c.1720 - November 10, 1777) was a prominent leader of the Shawnee people in the era of the American Revolution. His name...
Joshua Huddy

Joshua Huddy

male, deceased (1782)
AmericanRevolutionaryWarexecution, New Jersey militiamen in the American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Lynching, patriot, loyalist…militiaman in the American Revolution
Captain Joshua Huddy, the commander of a New Jersey Patriot militia unit and a privateer ship during the American Revolutionary War, was captured...

John B. McClelland

male, deceased (1782)
torture victim, revolutionary war, american indian, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Continental Army lieutenant, American Revolutionary War…Pennsylvania militiamen in the American Revolution, AmericanRevolutionaryWarexecution
John B McClelland was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. He was captured by American Indians during the Crawford Expedition and tortured...

François Henri de la Motte

male, deceased (1781)
executions by Great Britain, AmericanRevolutionaryWarexecution, American Revolution spy, high treason, tower of london, French…War of American Independence
Francis Henry de la Motte, or François Henri de la Motte, was a French citizen and ex-French army officer executed in London for High Treason on J...

Thomas Hickey

male, deceased (1776)
mayor of new york city, American Revolution spy, Continental Army soldier, Soldier, mutiny, loyalist…American Revolutionary War, Loyalist in the American Revolution, AmericanRevolutionaryWarexecution
Thomas Hickey (died 28 June 1776) was a Continental Army soldier who was executed for mutiny and sedition early in the American Revolutionary War....