* James Armistead, America's first spy ; an African American who provided the information to the Continental Army that Cornwallis was headed to Yorktown in 1781.

Tales of the City refers to a series of eight novels written by American author Armistead Maupin.

The couple apparently had no surviving children, because in a letter written late in her life to the daughter of George Armistead, Purdy called herself " widowed and childless.

Leroy Troy, alongside Lester Armistead and Dan Kelly then performed ' Bald Knob, Arkansas ', which was written by Charlie's brother, Ira Louvin.

He has also written a number of short stories and novellas in addition to a non-fiction book about the American novelist Armistead Maupin, with whom he has a close friendship, He is also a book reviewer for The Daily Telegraph.

Armistead delivered the bogus order in crumpled, dirty condition to Cornwallis, claiming to have found it along the road during his mission.

In the U. K. the Reverend John Armistead removed children from a workhouse in Cheshire, and placed them with foster families.

According to The Independent, " rows, however innocuous some of them seemed at the time, have become a trademark under Bragg: among the most notable have been Ben Elton vs Brenda Maddox, Rosie Boycott and Bragg vs novelist Kathy Lette, Armistead Maupin vs Libby Purves, and Bragg himself vs ( separately ) Joan Smith, Michael Dobbs, William Cash, Tony Parsons and Jean Aitchison.

Walker Armistead and his five brothers served during the War of 1812 and one of them, Major George Armistead, was the commander of Fort McHenry during the British attack that inspired the words to the Star Spangled Banner.

Although the Virginia Assembly passed a manumission act in 1782 allowing for the freedom of any slave by his or her owner, James remained the property of William Armistead ( A 1783 law specifically targeted at freeing slaves whose owners had used them as substitutes for army service in exchange for their liberty did not apply to James ).

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Armistead and the other southerners left to join the Confederate States Army, while Hancock remained in the service of the United States.

This was the night before Armistead and several other Southern officers were to depart for the Confederacy, having resigned their US Army commissions.

Armistead was granted his freedom by the Virginia General Assembly as a result of this and other wartime service.

* 1817 – Lewis A. Armistead, American Confederate general ( d. 1863 )

* 1944 – Armistead Maupin, American author

It was awarded and nominated for numerous awards, including six American Library Association awards, a nomination for an Eisner Award, won Winick his first GLAAD award, has been praised by creators such as Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman, and Armistead Maupin, and has been incorporated into school curricula across the country.

Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. ( born May 13, 1944 ) is an American writer, best known for his Tales of the City series of novels, set in San Francisco.

* The American author Armistead Maupin includes a quote from Religio Medici in the preface to the third in his Tales of the City novels, Further Tales of the City, first published in 1982.

* Clyde Armistead and William Latimer Lavery ( American air mechanics awarded for participation in search and rescue operations of the steamship Cheliuskin )

Lewis Addison Armistead ( February 18, 1817 – July 5, 1863 ) was a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, who was wounded, captured, and died after Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City premiered at the American Conservatory Theater in 2011, with a book by Jeff Whitty and the score by Jake Shears and John " JJ " Garden.

It was awarded six American Library Association awards, was nominated for an Eisner Award, won Winick his first GLAAD award, has been praised by creators such as Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman, and Armistead Maupin, and has been incorporated into school curricula across the country.

* Bond Thompson, Armistead Lemon, " Summary: George Washington Cable ( 1844-1925 )/ The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life, Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina

James Armistead Lafayette ( December 10, 1760 – August 9, 1830 ) was the first African American double spy.

An African American slave, Armistead was owned by William Armistead in Virginia during the American Revolution.

George Armistead ( April 10, 1780 – April 25, 1818 ) was an American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.

A nephew of Armistead's, Lewis Addison Armistead, was a well known Confederate General in the American Civil War who died at the Battle of Gettysburg.

George Armistead Smathers ( November 14, 1913 – January 20, 2007 ) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the state of Florida in the United States Senate for eighteen years, from 1951 until 1969, as a member of the Democratic Party.

Damage which the canal incurred during the American Civil War ( 1861 – 1865 ) was never completely repaired, though Armistead Lindsay Long had come in as Chief Engineer following his service in the war.

At Yorktown, James Armistead, a slave who had joined Lafayette's service with his master's permission, crossed into Cornwallis ' lines in the guise of an escaped slave, and was recruited by Cornwallis to return to American lines as a spy.

Cato appears again at the end of the series when he does not tell on an African American Patriot spy, James Armistead, whose spying was crucial to the American victory at Yorktown, which ends the war for American independence.

Armistead then served in Fort Towson, Arkansas, Fort Washita near the Oklahoma border.

When the war started, Armistead departed from California to Texas with the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles, then traveled east and received a commission as a major, but was quickly promoted to colonel of the 57th Virginia Infantry regiment.

However, in 1786, with the support of William Armistead ( then a member of the House of Delegates ) and carrying a 1784 testimonial of his service from the Marquis de Lafayette, James petitioned the Virginia Assembly for his freedom ( The facsimile of the letter of commendation can be viewed on the Lafayette College website ,< ref >

Following her death in 1861 the flag went to her daughter, Georgiana Armistead Appleton, and then later to her grandson, Eben Appleton.

Bruce Armistead Smathers ( born October 3, 1943 ) was a member of the Florida State Senate ( Committees: Education, Governmental Operations, Ways and Means ) and then was elected to and served as Secretary of State of Florida from 1975-1978.

They both went west when Armistead returned to duty shortly thereafter.

Senior Jimmie Armistead returned the opening kick for a touchdown, providing the first touchdown ever recorded in the stadium.

Gen. Walker Keith Armistead, who had earlier served in Florida as second in command to General Jesup.

General Armistead became estranged from the territorial government, although he needed 1, 500 militiamen from the Territory to defend the area north of Fort King.

** Lewis Addison Armistead ( Brigadier General )

General Hancock, for instance, spends much of the novel dreading the day he will have to fire on his friend in the Confederate Army, Lewis " Lo " Armistead.

While pretending to be a British spy, Armistead gained the confidence of General Benedict Arnold and General Cornwallis.

* Lewis A. Armistead ( February 18, 1817-July 5, 1863 )-Civil War Confederate Brigadier General.

It is recalled by Confederate Brigadier General Lewis A. Armistead that the song was sung at a dinner at the home of Armistead's best friend, now Union Major General Winfield Scott Hancock and his wife Almira, at the U. S. Army garrison in Los Angeles, California in 1861 ( at which time Armistead was a major and Hancock was a captain ).

Armistead and Confederate Brigadier General Richard B. Garnett, who was also present at the dinner, are killed and Hancock is severely wounded as Armistead's and Garnett's brigades assault the position defended by Hancock's II Corps on Cemetery Ridge in Gettysburg during Pickett's Charge.

" A delegation consisting of Armistead, Smith, General John Stricker, and Commodore Joshua Barney, Pickersgill's brother-in-law, visited with Pickersgill, and discussed the particulars of the desired flag.

Sumner's daughter, Mary Heron, married General Armistead L. Long in 1860.

Gen. Walker Keith Armistead, the Commanding General in the Seminole Wars.