Benedict Arnold: Hero or Enemy Spy?

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Chapter 1 An American Hero On October 7 1777 Benedict Arnold was ready to fight Arnold was a general in the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War He wanted to help the thirteen colonies win independence from Great Britain But for the last two weeks Arnold had mostly been doing nothing He and his men were just sitting around and waiting for something to happen The American soldiers had already fought the British in one deadly battle near Saratoga New York The British lost 600 men the American army lost 300 After that battle both sides took a break The British army had been hoping for extra men to come help them fight But no one ever arrived The American army in the meantime was getting bigger and stronger as more and more men showed up to help 4