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`` Washington promptly sent orders to General Greene to march with his portion of the army toward King 's Ferry . Greene did not get the order before midnight , but by dawn his whole division was on the march . Washington sent a letter to Colonel Jameson also , telling him to send André to Robinson 's house under a strong guard . That order also was received at midnight ; André was aroused ; and , though the night was very dark and rain falling fast , a guard under Major Tallmadge set off with the prisoner . They rode the rest of the night , and reached their destination at dawn of the 26th . On the evening of that day André was taken over to West Point , and on the morning of the 28th to Tappan . But we have already finished his story . ''