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Hace 2 días · Within weeks of arriving in Philadelphia in June 1778, the 36-year-old Benedict Arnold (a widower) met 18-year-old Peggy Shippen, described as one of the most beautiful women in the city.
Hace 3 días · Aside from the founders, one of the most notable figures of the Revolutionary War was Benedict Arnold. While his name is associated with betraying the revolutionary cause he once embraced, the...
Hace 5 días · Portrait of Benedict Arnold, in 1776, and a portrait by Charles Willson Peale of George Washington, in 1776. Photo by Brown University and Brooklyn Museum.
Hace 2 días · Benedict Arnold fought bravely and successfully against the British during the early years of the American Revolution. He rose to the level of major general in the Continental Army, but his discontent over his treatment by superiors and his connections to loyalists led him in 1780 to ask the British for £20,000 in exchange for ...
Hace 2 días · Before the Rebels could capture and hang him, on December 8, 1781, New York City, Arnold, along with his family, boarded the ship carrying General Cornwallis. For the second time, Arnold escaped the noose of his countrymen. To this day Arnold is excoriated in New London, especially during times of misfortune.
Hace 5 días · Arnold and Peggy fell in love and married, all rather quickly. The more he learned about Peggy, the more Arnold discovered that she had many powerful pro-British friends and was really an enemy of American independence.
Hace 16 horas · A well-liked British soldier, John Andre, was said to be smitten with her as was Benedict Arnold. Eventually Arnold married her and she was a strong Tory. Arnold was a war hero being seriously wounded in two battles, but he was very upset as he was overlooked to become a general. His desire was to be the commander of West Point and he did ...
