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Benedict Arnold (Norwich (Connecticut), 14 januari 1741 – Londen, 14 juni 1801) was een Amerikaanse militair. Tijdens de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog was hij een generaal die zich had onderscheiden als held van de revolutie tijdens de veldslag bij Fort Ticonderoga en de Slag bij Saratoga .
Há 3 dias · Benedict Arnold (born January 14, 1741, Norwich, Connecticut [U.S.]—died June 14, 1801, London, England) served the cause of the American Revolution as an officer until 1779, when he shifted his allegiance to the British. In 1780 he offered to surrender West Point to the British, and he led a British attack on New London, Connecticut, in 1781.
Benedict Arnold: In the early years of the Revolutionary War, Benedict Arnold was one of George Washington’s most accomplished field generals. His legacy today is quite different, with Arnold branded the most notorious traitor in American history, after a failed gambit to trade the vital American outpost at West Point for cash resulted in his ...
27 de jul. de 2021 · Fact #10: Although there is no hard evidence that Peggy was directly involved in Arnold’s plot, there is plenty of circumstantial evidence. There are many coincidences in the story of Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold that seem to directly link her to the plot. In 1782, Peggy was gifted an annual pension of £500 by King George III ...
Benedict Arnold (* 14. Januar 1741 in Norwich , Colony of Connecticut ; † 14. Juni 1801 in London , England) war ein Soldat, der im Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg zunächst als General in der Kontinentalarmee (Continental Army) der rebellierenden 13 Kolonien der nordamerikanischen Ostküste kämpfte.
Benedict Arnold, né le 14 janvier 1741 à Norwich dans le Connecticut, et mort le 14 juin 1801 à Londres, est un général de l'Armée continentale durant la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis. Il est surtout connu pour avoir trahi les États-Unis et voulu livrer le fort américain de West Point aux Britanniques durant la guerre d’Indépendance.
Benedict Arnold was born in 1741 to a prominent Connecticut family. Arnold lost most of his siblings to yellow fever, calamitous events that triggered alcoholism in his father. As a teenager, Arnold's family faced financial hardship. At the age of sixteen, Arnold enlisted in a militia and served in the French and Indian War in upstate New York.
