This is an engraving of Benedict Arnold by H. B. Hall, after the portrait by John Trumbull.
The name Benedict Arnold has become synonymous with being a heinous traitor, but what is less known is that Arnold was respected as one of the American army's best field commanders early in the war. He was born in 1741 in Connecticut and had an early career in overseas trading. In 1775-77, he was recognized for his bold leadership in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga (May 1775), the attack on Quebec City (December 1775), the Battle of Valcour Island in Lake Champlain (October 1776), and the defense of Fort Stanwix (August 1777). At the Battle of Bemis Heights, Arnold led his men in the successful attack on the Breymann Redoubt, but in the midst of the fighting he was wounded in the leg.
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