Benedict Arnold (Person)
Benedict Arnold
1741 AD - 1801 AD
American military officer who served during the Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army, rising to the rank of major general, before defecting to the British side of the conflict in 1780.
General George Washington had given him his fullest trust and placed him in command of West Point, New York. Arnold planned to surrender the fort to British forces, but the plot was discovered in September 1780 and he fled to the British lines.
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Margaret Manseld02/22/1767 AD
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04/08/1779 AD
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