Benedict Arnold

At the beginning of September, in 1780, Benedict Arnold was a Major General in the Continental Army. He was commander of West Point, a strategically important American fort on the Hudson River.

 By the end of the same month, he was a traitor who had tried to sell out his country, his fort and his men. His price was twenty thousand pounds sterling (worth about $1 million today).

In this story about the legendary turncoat, discover why a twice-wounded Revolutionary War hero committed treason. Meet the man whose very name means “traitor” to Americans, and uncover the plot he concocted.

Meet John Andre, the British officer with whom Arnold had negotiated, and read General Washington’s original letters about his fate. Take a trip back to the eighteenth century when America’s future, as an independent country, was still far from certain.