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On October 2, 1780, British intelligence officer Major John André was hanged as a spy in Tappan, New York.Captured on his return to New York City by American militiamen fighting in the War of Independence, Major André was found to have papers hidden in his boot concerning Continental army Brigadier General Benedict Arnold‘s negotiation for the surrender of West Point (Arnold had recently ...
25 de abr. de 2023 · Benedict Arnold, America’s Fighting General. The most successful battlefield commander in the American army during the early years of the American Revolution was Benedict Arnold. Between 1775 and 1777, Arnold helped capture a fort, led a miraculous trek, besieged a foreign city, fought a naval battle, led a relief force to lift a siege, and ...
With Washington's support, Arnold gained command of an attack on Quebec. After leading his men through a nightmarish march, he joined with forces under Richard Montgomery to assault the city at the end of December 1775. Arnold was severely wounded and Montgomery killed in the failed attack. Promoted to brigadier general by the Continental ...
It is impossible to say when 37-year-old Benedict Arnold first met 18-year-old Peggy Shippen, but we do know that on September 25, 1778, he wrote her a love letter—much of it an exact copy of ...
Scorned by Gates, but officially thanked by Washington and Congress, he was promoted to Major General and sent to Philadelphia to recover, as he could not command the field. Below: Peggy Shippen (wife of Benedict Arnold) with one of her children, possibly her daughter Sophia (1785–1828).
A Fighting General. A pharmacist by trade, the 34-year-old Arnold joined the rebellion in 1775. After organizing an assemblage of volunteers, he seized munitions from the New Haven arsenal and led his group northward to fight the British. In May 1775, Arnold’s forces eventually clashed with the British at Fort Ticonderoga – nestled along ...
Benedict Arnold. Benedict Arnold ( Norwich, 14 gennaio 1741 – Londra, 14 giugno 1801) è stato un generale statunitense durante la guerra d'indipendenza che nel 1780 rinnegò la causa rivoluzionaria, passando nel campo britannico, diventando uno tra i personaggi più noti e controversi della Rivoluzione americana .
