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Benedict Arnold
History.com ^ | 8/14/23 | HISTORY.COM EDITORS

Posted on 12/04/2024 10:24:32 AM PST by DallasBiff

Benedict Arnold was an early hero of the Revolutionary War who later became one of the most infamous traitors in U.S. history. At the outbreak of the war, Arnold participated in the capture of the British garrison of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. In 1776, he hindered a British invasion of New York from Lake Champlain. The following year, he played a crucial role in bringing about the surrender of British General John Burgoyne’s army at Saratoga. Yet Arnold felt that he never received the recognition he deserved. In 1779, he entered into secret negotiations with the British, agreeing to turn over the U.S. post at West Point in return for money and a command of the British army. His name has since become synonymous with the word “traitor.”

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KEYWORDS: benedictarnold; fortticonderoga; godsgravesglyphs; johnburgoyne; lakechamplain; loyalists; peggyshippen; philadelphia; saratoga; susancollins; therevolution; traitor; westpoint
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Just some history, Collins and Murkowski, are the new benedict arnold's of the 21st century.

Mods pull if inappropriate.

1 posted on 12/04/2024 10:24:32 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Arnold married Peggy Shippen, from a prominent Philadelphia family with Loyalist sympathies. If his first wife had not died maybe he would never have gotten involved with her. But his resentments over not being sufficiently praised for his achievements could have led him to turn traitor anyway.


2 posted on 12/04/2024 10:32:24 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: DallasBiff
Just some history, Collins and Murkowski, are the new benedict arnold's of the 21st century.

Except that Collins and Murkowski have never displayed heroism or display any kind of genius as Arnold once did.

Benedict Arnold's life is a fascinating read. He was evidently a brilliant and courageous military leader, even having some success at commanding early navy war ships. He had a number of fatal flaws, however, that led to his eventually turning traitor: his love of luxury and money, his ambition for advancement in military rank, his resentment for being passed over for promotion, and his unyielding conviction that he knew better than everyone else.

3 posted on 12/04/2024 10:35:58 AM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: Verginius Rufus
Peggy Shippen, the ModSquad actress?


4 posted on 12/04/2024 10:39:56 AM PST by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: DallasBiff

The AMC series “Turn: Washington’s Spies” goes into detail about Arnold and Shippen.


5 posted on 12/04/2024 10:41:57 AM PST by Publius
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To: DallasBiff

Here’s two more modern Benedict Arnolds: Liz Cheney and her dad Dick.


6 posted on 12/04/2024 10:44:18 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Arnold’s British contact Major John Andre caught, tried, and and quickly hanged in New York a stone’s throw from the NY/NJ border (the spot is very well marked/commemorated).

Ultimately Andre died with impressive dignity.


7 posted on 12/04/2024 10:46:41 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: newfreep

No. Mrs. Arnold was better looking.


8 posted on 12/04/2024 10:47:01 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
Mrs. Arnold was better looking.

Seriously?

Ray Charles would choose Peggy...and he's blind & dead!


9 posted on 12/04/2024 10:50:34 AM PST by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: DallasBiff

The expedition to Quebec through the Maine wilderness , accompanied by an almost forgotten hero of the Revolution, Daniel Morgan, is epic in bravery and endurance. His strategic grasp of seizing almost undefended Canada, had he gotten sufficient support, early enough, i.e. by autumn of 1775, would have altered the war’s course completely.


10 posted on 12/04/2024 10:52:02 AM PST by sopo
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To: DallasBiff

Read up on the Boot Monument, dedicated to Arnold’s leg.


11 posted on 12/04/2024 11:04:04 AM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Verginius Rufus

I had a math teacher in 7th grade named Peggy Shippen, and years later as I became a history buff, I thought “Peggy Shippen”!


12 posted on 12/04/2024 11:06:04 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: newfreep

Wasn’t she also the ‘Log Lady’ in David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks’ TV series?


13 posted on 12/04/2024 11:20:26 AM PST by desertsolitaire ( Lee Harvey Oswald and the Bands final performance)
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To: DallasBiff

bkmk


14 posted on 12/04/2024 11:35:20 AM PST by sauropod ("You didn't take a country. You only won a football game!" - Dan Dakich Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Publius

Turn was a great series.


15 posted on 12/04/2024 12:13:57 PM PST by sevlex
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To: Publius

That is a really great series! It really does a nice job of putting you in the time.


16 posted on 12/04/2024 12:14:31 PM PST by nodumbblonde ("I'm all for helping the helpless, but I don't give a rat's a** about the clueless." - Dennis Miller)
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To: DallasBiff
Arnold participated in the capture of the British garrison of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775.

This is where it all began.

Arnold was made a Colonel and put in command of the military operation and was paired with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, a local militia acting as irregulars in the Continental Army. Allen's militia refused to accept Arnold as their commander and threatened to leave if Allen didn't lead the operation. Although unclear, it was assumed that Arnold and Allen worked out an arrangement that kept the operation on track, although the Green Mountain Boys still refused to take Arnold's direct orders.

The operation was a success, but Allen took all the credit. A relief militia of 1,000 men was sent to hold Fort Ticonderoga with instructions that Arnold was to serve under the command of the militia leader. Arnold refused, resigned his commission, and went home.

After this, Arnold began building a reputation for engaging in disputes with the people he worked with, and the Continental Congress kept passing him over for promotion. General George Washington even wrote to the Congress on Arnold's behalf, telling them that he would lose several good officers if the Congress keeps making politically motivated promotions instead of recognizing merit.

tl;dr... Arnold kept getting passed over, kept quarreling with his peers, and saw slights against him everywhere. Feeling betrayed, he eventually turned traitor and fled to England after being discovered.

Ethan Allen is still selling overpriced furniture across the country.

-PJ

17 posted on 12/04/2024 12:40:50 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: DallasBiff

His name has since become synonymous with the word “traitor.”

Wonder if the Biden clan ever had a DNA test?.


18 posted on 12/04/2024 12:56:28 PM PST by Vaduz
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To: rlmorel

Shippensburg, PA, would be named after the family or some member of it, I suppose. It has a small state university (former teachers’ college).


19 posted on 12/04/2024 1:29:29 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Political Junkie Too

I think Ethan Allen demanded the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga “in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress.”


20 posted on 12/04/2024 1:32:11 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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