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Benedict Arnold (14 January 1741 [O.S. 3 January 1740] [1] [a] – June 14, 1801) was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defecting to the British in 1780.
Benedict Arnold V (14 January 1741 [O.S. 3 January 1740] [2] [3] – 14 June 1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later changed to the British Army .
Sep 11, 2024 · Benedict Arnold (1741–1801) was an American officer who served the cause of the American Revolution until 1779, when he shifted his allegiance to the British. His name became an epithet for traitor in the United States.
The military career of Benedict Arnold from 1777 to 1779 was marked by two important events in his career. In July 1777, Arnold was assigned to the Continental Army 's Northern Department, where he played pivotal roles in bringing about the failure of British Brigadier Barry St. Leger 's siege of Fort Stanwix and the American success in the ...
Oct 27, 2009 · Benedict Arnold, an American colonist, was a Revolutionary War hero who later became a despised traitor when he schemed to turn West Point over to the British.
Erected during 1887 by John Watts de Peyster and sculpted by George Edwin Bissell, it commemorates Major General Benedict Arnold's service at the Battles of Saratoga while in the Continental Army, but does not mention him on the monument because Arnold later betrayed the Continental Army to the British Army. Instead, it commemorates Arnold as ...
Jun 13, 2024 · Benedict Arnold was a Patriot general during the American Revolution. In the early years of the conflict, he was considered an American war hero, but he became disillusioned with the U.S. and defected to Britain in 1780.
Jan 29, 2008 · Benedict Arnold, soldier (b at Norwich, Conn 14 Jan 1741/42; d at London, Eng 14 Jun 1801). He apprenticed as an apothecary but ran away to join a New York company serving in the Seven Years' War. He later established a trading business in New Haven.
Mar 26, 2021 · Benedict Arnold was an American Revolutionary War general best known for his defection from the Continental Army to the British side of the conflict in 1780.
Why Benedict Arnold Turned Traitor Against the American Revolution. The story behind the most famous betrayal in U.S. history shows the complicated politics of the nation’s earliest...
