ndre ofthe British army to discuss and arrange the details. Two days later,Andre was captured when he attempted to return to the British lines. SomeAmerican soldiers stopped and searched him and found incriminating papershidden in his stockings and the plot was revealed. Andre was executed asa spy. Arnold learned this news in time for him to escape. He fled to aBritish ship that took him down the Hudson River to New York City. The British rewarded him with 6,315 pounds although he had askedfor 20,000 pounds. They also gave him the rank of brigadier general. Asa British officer he led his troops to Richmond, Virginia and New LondonConnecticut. In December of 1781, Benedict moved with his wife andchildren to England where he was received warmly by King George lll Butothers didn't except him so easily. It's hard to trust a traitor, even ifhe is betraying the other country. The British government granted him13,400 acres in Canada, but that land was of little use to him. He spentmost of his remaining years as a merchant in the West Indies trade. Inhis last days Benedict was burdened down with debt and misery. He wasdistrusted by everyone who met him-Americans and British. He died inEngland on June 14, 1801 an unhappy and discouraged man. Benedict Arnold is considered to be one of the most famous men inhistory. Although I'm sure that a lot of people wouldn't want the kind offame he received. But without him, our country wouldn't have won all thebattles that we did. Yes, he was a traitor, but he was also one of thebest generals we had. But how do we know that he betrayed our countryjust our of anger? The history books say that he was deeply in debt, andhe did have a wife and children. When we think of Benedict we tend tojust look at the worst parts of his life. His first wife died, but hepulled himself out of grief and got on with his life. He married againand had children. If he was in debt, then he couldn...
