WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Patriot Nathan Hale Was Hanged. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” Have you heard this famous declaration before? American patriot Nathan Hale said it on September 22, 1776, his last words before he was hanged for spying on British troops. How did this come to pass?

Detailed explanation-2: -Good students of history can quote Nathan Hale’s last words: “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” Better students of history know that these words were never uttered.

Detailed explanation-3: -In New York City on September 22, 1776, Nathan Hale, a Connecticut schoolteacher and captain in the Continental Army, is executed by the British for spying. A graduate of Yale University, Hale joined a Connecticut regiment in 1775 and served in the successful siege of British-occupied Boston.

Detailed explanation-4: -Captain Nathan Hale of the 19th Regiment of the Continental Army stepped forward and subsequently become one of the first known American spies of the Revolutionary War.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was an American Patriot, soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British and executed.