Spies! Loyalists! Tories! Conspiracy! Strange messages? Codes in
invisible ink? The American Revolution was first and foremost a civil
war that tore at the very fabric of families as well as society.
Patriots were determined to separate from England; while Loyalists were
just as determined to defeat what they saw as a rebellion. Many do not
know that during several critical periods the war was almost fatally
undermined by English sympathizers or in some cases opportunistic
Patriots. Patriots and Spies in Revolutionary New York is a compilation
of twelve stories regarding important moments in New York State's
history during the American Revolution.