Benedict Arnold

A detailed Summary of Benedict Arnold

No other American is remembered quite the same as Benedict Arnold.

He was a brave soldier, a patriot- and a traitor. Benedict was born in

Norwich, Connecticut, on January 14, 1741. When he was 14 years old,

Benedict ran away from home to fight in the French and Indian War, but he

was brought back by his mother, who apparently was driven insane later in

her life. If I had a son like Benedict, I might have gone insane too!

After his mother insisted that he return home, he ran away for a second

time. After he was finished playing boy hero for awhile, he learned the

apothecary (pharmacy) trade and then in 1762, he opened a book and drug

store in New Haven. Benedict was also involved with trade in the West

Indies. By 1774, he was one of the wealthiest citizens in New Haven.

It's a good thing that he had money, because he was one of those people

who like to ride around in their Mercedes and wear expensive clothes, even

if he couldn't afford them. Benedict then got hooked up with the

sheriff's daughter Margaret Mansfield, and they hit it off. They decided

to get married in 1774. But this marriage was short lived because the

next year Margaret caught a disease and died. When the Revolutionary War

Benedict was given command of the fort at West Point in New York. He

groundless and dismissed them. In late 1777, Benedict fought at Saratoga.

but he was still angered that he was not promoted to a rank above the

Horatio Gates, and was relieved of his command. Despite his relief of

battles that we did. Yes, he was a traitor, but he was also one of the

officer charged Arnold with misconduct, but Congress found the charges

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