What is Culper spy ring?
{{Infobox organization | name = Culper Spy Ring | native_name = | image = File:Benjamin_Tallmadge_by_Ralph_Earl.jpeg | image_size = 250px | alt = | caption = Colonel [[Benjamin Tallmadge]], leader of the Culper Ring, in a 1790 portrait with his son William | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = | motto = | predecessor = | merged = | successor = | formation = 1778 | founder = [[George Washington]] | extinction = 1783 | merger = | type = military spy ring | status = | purpose = to provide military intelligence from British-occupied New York | headquarters = [[Setauket, New York|Setauket]] and [[New York City]] | location = | coords = <!--{{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}}--> | region = | services = | membership = | language = | sec_gen = | leader_title = Leader | leader_name = Colonel [[Benjamin Tallmadge]] | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = [[Abraham Woodhull]], [[Robert Townsend (spy)|Robert Townsend]], [[Caleb Brewster]], [[Austin Roe]], [[Anna Strong (spy)|Anna Strong]], [[Agent 355]] | main_organ = | parent_organization = | subsidiaries = | secessions = | affiliations = | budget = | staff = | volunteers = | slogan = | website = <!--{{URL|example.com}}--> | remarks = | formerly = | footnotes = }} The '''Culper spy ring''' was a network of [[civilian]] [[Espionage|spies]] which played an important role in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. They gave information about [[British Empire|British]] [[Soldier|troop]] movements to [[General]] [[George Washington]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Williams, Ph.D.|first=Gloria|title=Culper Spy Ring|url=https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory