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Jul 6, 2024 · General Benedict Arnold received condemnation for his lack of controlling his command, as well as suffering a quarter percent in troop casualties. The barbarism of the attack was not limited to the city.
Jul 19, 2024 · The name “Benedict Arnold” for most of us brings to mind one of the most notorious cases of treason in our history - a decorated American soldier who attempted to give up West Point to the...
Jul 6, 2024 · Within weeks of arriving in Philadelphia in June 1778, the 36-year-old Benedict Arnold (a widower) met 18-year-old Peggy Shippen, described as one of the most beautiful women in the city.
Jul 8, 2024 · One of the earliest dramatizations occurred on Sept. 30, 1780, five days after Arnold defected to the British, when Philadelphians paraded a “two-faced Benedict Arnold with the Devil shaking money in his ear,” Connecticut History notes.
Jul 2, 2024 · The American soldier joined the colonial forces during the War of Independence, 1775-83, took part in the unsuccessful siege of Quebec, and ultimately fled to the British lines and lived in England until his death in 1801. This episode originally aired on March 7, 2024. Was he a traitor or hero?
Jun 28, 2024 · Listing of the Day. Location: Jamestown, Rhode Island. Price: $30 million. Originally owned by the grandfather of Revolutionary War turncoat Benedict Arnold, this secluded compound on Bull...
Jul 12, 2024 · John André was a British army officer who negotiated with the American general Benedict Arnold and was executed as a spy during the American Revolution (1775–83). Sent to America in 1774, André became chief intelligence officer to the British commander in chief, General Sir Henry Clinton, in New.
