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Chapter 16
America's Most Famous Traitor
1. 1780 was the year that Arnold was exposed as a traitor
2. George Washington placed him charge of Philadelphia, due to his wounded leg, but he did not get along with the civilians, which caused tension.
3. He was courting (dating) a girl 20 years younger then him who danced with the British officers during Washington's stay at Valley Forge.
4. The Continetial Congress ordered Arnold to face a court martial in 1779
5. He married the young girl while waiting for his trail
6. The New Mrs. Arnold knew Major John Andre of England who was now in New York City. The wrote secretly to him offering to desert and fight for the British.
7. Andre answered but nothing was settled or official
8. At his trial Arnold was found not to have committed any crimes - but got an official reprimand
9. Washington who respected Arnold for his fighting ability made the reprimand as light as possible.
10. Arnold was ready to leave the American side
11. He agreed to turn over West Point, 3000 American Soldiers for 20,000 pounds (today 4.5 million dollars)and a high command in the British Army.
Arnold and Andre meet on the river bank and spoke all night - it was to dangerous to get Andre back to the VULTURE so they meet in an a house. Arnold handed over the plans for West Point.
Andre hid in the attic and tried to get back to New York as an American - he was caught and hanged
Washington was on his way to inspect West Point - Arnold left just before he got there and made it safely to New York City.
