Distinguished American combat officer Benedict Arnold met a British commander in secret with a plot to trade the colonial stronghold at West Point for cash on this day in history, Sept.

American history remains relentlessly unkind to Benedict Arnold, the notorious "turncoat" who abandoned the Continental Army and took up arms for the British in the Revolutionary War. But perhaps ...

New London, Conn., has never forgiven Benedict Arnold for his Revolutionary War treason — and for burning their city. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from New London, Conn. Connecticut ...

Benedict Arnold's aggressive leadership at Saratoga nearly earns him a hero's death, but instead, it leads him to a path of pain and betrayal. As a once revered Continental Army leader ...

PLATTSBURGH —This spring marks the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolutionary War and the patriots’ capture of Fort Ticonderoga led by Benedict Arnold. During the following year ...

Benedict Arnold embarked on a perilous overland march through the Maine wilderness. Facing sabotage, harsh conditions, and starvation Arnold and his men reached Quebec, but they were too late.

Of all the many memorials erected on America’s battlefields, perhaps the strangest is at Saratoga National Historical Park, north of Albany, where a British army was defeated in October 1777 ...

He had only received the information two days earlier from Benedict Arnold, the commander of the fort, and André now was riding south in the hope of getting back behind the British lines.

Was he a traitor or hero? A new book explores Benedict Arnold's place in history. The name Benedict Arnold is synonymous with being a traitor. That’s all most of us learned about him in school. We’ll ...

Learn more. The Kennebec Historical Society’s June public presentation, “Artifacts Found Along Benedict Arnold’s Trail” by Kenny Wing, is planned for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15 ...