In 1781, a force of British troops under the command of the turncoat Benedict Arnold landed in the city of New London, Connecticut. New London for decades had been a haven for privateers ...
Matthew Reardon, an educator and the executive director of the New England Civil War Museum & Research Center, gives us a thought-provoking, insightful look at Benedict Arnold’s New London Raid.
Quebec had few British soldiers to defend it against an attack by Benedict Arnold's army in fall 1775. (As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) All it had were its fabled, crumbling walls and ...
1700s -Tobacco warehouses at City Point. 1781 -Part of Benedict Arnold's expedition of British troops passes through City Point. Early 1800s -City Point becomes a port of entry with a U.S. Customs ...