Benedict Arnold. If you’ve been keeping up with Decider ... It is indeed true that he wished that he had been killed for he would have died a hero. Instead, he opted to crudely set his broken ...

Major General Guy Carleton, governor of Quebec, knew an invasion was imminent, given the history of colonial attempts to capture French Quebec. With limited resources and uncertain loyalty from the ...

Benedict Arnold’s name has become synonymous with ... he asked the crowd to honor the people who died fighting in the Revolutionary War. They fell silent as they stood facing Fort Griswold ...

Hundreds are expected to gather in New London Saturday for the Burning of Benedict Arnold Festival ... had his headquarters during the war. Arnold, who died in 1801 at age 60, was a native ...

Jack Kelly wrote the new book “God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America ... settled in England where he died in 1801. But his betrayal would never be forgotten.

After Van Wart died in 1828, the medal was passed down ... Image To help the British take West Point, Benedict Arnold, the fort’s commander, gave British Maj. John André detailed notes on ...

A: Anybody who studies the American Revolution, we’re all fascinated by Benedict Arnold. He was our best battlefield general. And it’s often said if he had died at Saratoga after being gravely ...

The name Benedict Arnold remains a synonym in American English ... Arnold's first wife, Margaret Mansfield, died in Connecticut in June 1775, while the soldier was already serving the colonial ...

He died in 1801 at age 60, forever remembered in the United States as the young nation's biggest traitor. New London's Burning Benedict Arnold Festival, which has become part of the state's ...

His first son, Benedict, died in infancy. But his second son, Benedict — the Benedict —was born on Jan. 14, 1741. Vintage portrait of Benedict Arnold, an American military officer who served ...