John Andre Small 320×313 Medium 640×627 Large 1024×1003 Download Tiff Original 2400×2351 | (7.1 MB) Description Major John Andre was a British army officer hanged as a spy during the American Revolutionary War, related to Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender. Keywords American Revolutionary War, benedict arnold, British officer, Traitor Galleries Famous People: A Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 1) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)