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American-born military officer (–)

For other people named Benedict Arnold, see Benedict Arnold (disambiguation).

Benedict Arnold (14 January [O.S.

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Arnold was planning to surrender the fort to British forces, but the plot was discovered in September , 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 an