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Benedict Arnold

major generalGreat BritainUnited States7 battles1 war

Lifespan

1741 – 1801

175017601770178017901800American Revolution · 1775–1783Battle of Quebec — December 31, 1775 · United Colonies · American RevolutionCapture of Fort Ticonderoga — May 10, 1775 · Green Mountain Boys · American RevolutionInvasion of Quebec (1775) — January 1, 1775 · United Colonies · American RevolutionBattle of Valcour Island — October 11, 1776 · United States · American RevolutionSaratoga — Sep–Oct 1777 · United States · American RevolutionSaratoga campaign — October 17, 1777 · United States · American RevolutionYorktown campaign — January 1, 1781 · Great Britain · American Revolution

Active service 1775–1781 — 7 battles across 1 war; first command at age 34.

Profile

Benedict Arnold was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defecting to the British in 1780. General George Washington had given him his fullest trust and had placed him in command of West Point in New York. Arnold was planning to surrender the fort to British forces, but the plot was discovered in September 1780, whereupon he fled to the British lines. In the later part of the war, Arnold was commissioned as a brigadier general in the British Army and placed in command of the American Legion. He led British forces in battle against the army which he had once commanded, and his name became synonymous with treason and betrayal in the United States.

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Battles (7)

Last verified June 2026
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