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He escaped on a British ship, leaving John André to be hanged; unpopular in America & Britain, he'd die in London in 1801 |
Benedict Arnold
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NAMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY |
2024-04-29 |
#9091 |
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His epitaph, in a church in England, reads, "Sometime general in the army of George Washington" |
Benedict Arnold
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HISTORY |
2023-05-11 |
#8869 |
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John Champe faked a desertion in 1780 to try to capture this traitorous general & served under him as part of his cover |
Benedict Arnold
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$800 |
DJ |
HISTORY |
2022-05-03 |
#8632 |
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He asked for 20,000 pounds to betray his country in 1780 & said that was a bargain price |
Benedict Arnold
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$1,200 |
DJ |
HISTORICAL FACTS |
2020-11-05 |
#8274 |
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A coded letter of his offers "a plan ...by which Sir Henry shall possess himself of West Point" for 20,000 pounds |
Benedict Arnold
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$400 |
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18th CENTURY AMERICAN WRITIN' & SPEAKIN' |
2017-01-31 |
#7457 |
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A newspaper announcing his death in 1801 said he died in England & was "notorious throughout the world" |
Benedict Arnold
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FJ |
NAMES IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
2016-11-23 |
#7408 |
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In 1775 he led 1,100 men on an invasion of Canada, so really he ticked off 3 countries during the revolution |
Benedict Arnold
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$1,000 |
J |
REVOLUTION |
2012-04-12 |
#6354 |
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He demanded 20,000 pounds for his surrender of West Point |
Benedict Arnold
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$400 |
J |
HISTORIC TWITS |
2009-11-12 |
#5789 |
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The life story of this man who died in 1801 was chronicled in an A&E biography DVD titled "Triumph and Treason" |
Benedict Arnold
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FJ |
HISTORIC PEOPLE |
2009-03-09 |
#5646 |
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He asked for 20,000 pounds to betray his command at West Point |
Benedict Arnold
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$200 |
J |
YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION |
2007-01-11 |
#5144 |
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The Revolutionary War British victory at Fort Griswold, Conn. was led by this General who'd grown up nearby |
Benedict Arnold
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$1,000 |
J |
HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND |
2003-11-13 |
#4414 |
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When this man who gave West Point to Henry Clinton in 1780 calls, explain the irony of his reversing charges |
Benedict Arnold
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$800 |
J |
HISTORICAL COLLECT CALL FROM... |
2002-01-10 |
#3999 |
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2 years before turning traitor, he rallied the Americans to victory at the Second Battle of Saratoga |
Benedict Arnold
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$200 |
DJ |
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES |
1999-04-07 |
#3368 |
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In his teens this future traitor ran away from home to fight in the French & Indian War |
Benedict Arnold
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$200 |
J |
HISTORIC AMERICANS |
1995-05-04 |
#2469 |