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Time softens the verdict on Benedict Arnold’s Saratoga legacy
This piece traces Benedict Arnold born January 14 1741 from celebrated soldier to infamous traitor. It recalls his Saratoga feats and West Point plot, the shifting views of Americans over time, and his final years in England dying June 14 1801 in poverty.
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Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Quebec
Saratoga
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
Richard Montgomery
Congress
Philip Schuyler
Burgoyne
Horatio Gates
Schuyler
Army of the North
Gates
Lincoln
Philadelphia
Maj
John Andre
London
West Indies
St. John
New Brunswick