Colonel Benedict Arnold embarked from Newburyport, Massachusetts, with a flotilla of “11 transport ships” and nearly 1,000 men to attack Br ...
PLATTSBURGH —This spring marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the patriots’ capture of Fort Ticonderoga led by Benedict Arnold. During the following year, Arnold ...
Benedict Arnold's army braves the fierce winter to attack Quebec City in Canada. Benedict Arnold leads his army north up the Kennebec River as part of the American invasion of Canada. His forces lose ...
Before it was a state, Maine played a quiet but critical role in the American Revolution. One of its most important routes? The Kennebec River, where Benedict Arnold once led more than a thousand ...
After days of fighting at Saratoga, Benedict Arnold and Horatio Gates secure a Patriot victory. The Continental Army at Saratoga swells to 17,000 as it once again clashes with the British, led by ...
Why did the once-ardent hero of the American Revolutionary cause become its most dishonored traitor? General Benedict Arnold's failed attempt to betray the fortress of West Point to the British in ...
This episode originally aired on March 7, 2024. Was he a traitor or hero? A new book explores Benedict Arnold's place in history. The name Benedict Arnold is synonymous with being a traitor. That’s ...
Benedict Arnold, shown on the left concealing his plans in John André's boot, has become synonymous with treason but before he betrayed America, he saved it. Bettmann / Corbis “You have five minutes,” ...