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17 de jul. de 2018 · Letters suggest Arnold had character issues. But there were plenty of other reasons, too. Eric D. Lehman, author of Homegrown Terror: Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London, notes that ...
Benedict Arnold went on to fight successfully in 1776 in keeping the British from invading the colonies through the Lake Champlain region, and his greatest victory was at Saratoga in 1777, which led to the French coming into the war as the American’s first and most important allies. Washington thought of Arnold as his “fighting general ...
A General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, Benedict Arnold served with distinction in several battles but was passed over for promotions several times. Frustrated by the opposition he encountered, Arnold eventually started working for the British even while continuing to serve in the Continental Army.
27 de jul. de 2021 · Fact #1: Major General Benedict Arnold was one of the best, if not the best battlefield commanders in the American Army during the early years of the Revolutionary War. Since the beginning of the conflict, Benedict Arnold was seemingly always in the thick of the fighting and found himself at the forefront of many of the War’s early heroic moments.
26 de fev. de 2015 · Arnold was made a brigadier general in the British army. In December 1780, Arnold was given command of British forces sent to raid Virginia. Arnold remained there until July 1781 and then returned to New York. Arnold eventually moved to England where he became a merchant. His ventures met with mixed success. Arnold died in London at the age of 60.
Com a ocupação britânica de Newport, RI, Arnold foi enviado a Rhode Island por Washington para organizar novas defesas. Em fevereiro de 1777, Arnold soube que havia sido preterido para promoção a major-general. Irritado com o que ele percebeu serem promoções politicamente motivadas, ele ofereceu sua renúncia a Washington, que foi recusada.
Benedict Arnold was born in Norwich, CT in 1741. He was the great-grandson of the Rhode Island governor of the same name. As a young man during the French and Indian War, he enlisted in the New York Militia twice, and twice deserted; each time under pressure from his family to complete an apprenticeship as an apothecary under his uncles at home.
