"Charles Lee, second in rank in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War to George Washington, while prisoner in 1777, committed treason by writing and submitting to British commanders William Howe and Richard Howe a military plan on how to defeat the Americans. After his release and commanding a Continental Army detachment in the Battle of Monmouth Court House, he was court-martialed and unfairly convicted of not attacking the enemy and retreating unnecessarily"--
