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Time soften s the harsh verdict on Benedict Arnold
A Saratoga battlefield monument honors Benedict Arnold with a leg replica, sparking debate over treason and his true legacy. The piece traces Arnold’s military brilliance from Cambridge to Quebec and Saratoga, his rise to major general, and the postwar reevaluation that sees him as a tragic genius rather than solely a traitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Quebec
Saratoga
General de Peyster
Battle Monument Association
George Edwin Bissell
State of
New York
R. L. Duffus
New York Times
Washington
West Point
Connecticut
Cambridge
Boston
Crown Point
Ticonderoga
Lake Champlain
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
Vermont
Allen
St. John’s
Massachusetts
Richard Montgomery
Department of the Army
Congress
Philip Schuyler
Burgoyne
Horatio Gates
Schuyler
Army of the North
Gates
Lincoln
Philadelphia
Maj
John Andre
London
West Indies
St. John
New Brunswick