Reply To: Confederate Statues

Akuperma,’
Benedict Arnold was not a Loyalist, he was a traitor, a big difference. Loyalists were those who chose to remain loyal to King George. Benedict Arnold was a general in the Continental Army who made a deal with the British to turn over control of the fortress at West Point ( and with it control over the vital Hudson River ). When the plot was discovered, Arnold escaped and became a British general and moved to London after the war