Historical Characters in The Turncoat. For more in depth treatment, see the suggested reading list.
John Andre 
Soldier, artist, spymaster, Andre’s life is as fascinating as his death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_André
http://www.archive.org/stream/davidwilliamscap00raym#page/n11/mode/2up
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/early_american_literature/v035/35.3trees.html
http://www.ushistory.org/march/bio/andre.htm
http://www2.si.umich.edu/spies/index-people.html
William Howe
Soldier, politician, royal cousin, American sympathizer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howe,_5th_Viscount_Howe
http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/documents/revolution/howe.html
http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/howewilliam.html
Benedict Arnold
The traitor who would have given the British West Point.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Arnold
http://www.biography.com/people/benedict-arnold-9189320
http://www.nps.gov/york/historyculture/arnoldbio.htm
http://www.historynet.com/benedict-arnold-general-in-the-battle-of-saratoga.htm
Peggy Shippen Arnold
A celebrated beauty, her role in the Arnold conspiracy is still a matter of debate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Shippen
http://girlspy.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/peggy-shippen-arnold/
http://www.americanrevolutioncenter.org/blog/peggy-shippen-treacherous-beauty
Carl Donop
Handsome, ambitious, prickly, his disgrace at Mount Holly and defeat at Mercer are the stuff of tragedy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_von_Donop
http://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Red_Bank
Johan Ewald
http://www.jaegerkorps.org/Ewald.html
http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/history_honproj/20
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Ewald
Elizabeth Loring
http://open.salon.com/blog/snarkychaser/2012/05/17/was_elizabeth_loring_patriot_or_whore
Fictional characters in The Turncoat, with their real life counterparts.
Kate Grey
Inspired by Quaker Spy Lydia Barrington Daragh.
http://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/lydia-barrington-darragh/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/151814/Lydia-Barrington-Darragh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Darrah
http://www.twainquotes.com/Muscatine/18540106.html
Arthur Grey
Inspired by the “Fighting Quaker” Nathaniel Greene.
http://jgburdette.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/the-fighting-quaker-nathanael-greene/
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2556
Bayard Caide
Inspired by the cavalry officer, Banastre Tarleton, who makes a brief cameo in the book.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banastre_Tarleton
Angel Ferrers
Inspired by the still-unidentified Widow of Mount Holly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Griffin
http://www.seeingsuffrage.com/2012/10/05/the-mysterious-widow-of-mount-holly