Learn more about the fascinating relationship between General George Washington and Benedict Arnold in this three part video series with Prof. James Kirby Martin.

Early in the Revolutionary War General George Washington came to admire the military capabilities of Benedict Arnold. Arnold’s brave actions at Quebec, Lake Champlain, and Saratoga won him many well-deserved battlefield laurels. But Arnold’s transformation from war hero to turncoat would also earn him the eternal enmity of Washington by war's end.

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Professor James Kirby Martin

Dr. James Kirby Martin is a nationally recognized scholar on the Revolutionary War period and is the author of Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War Hero: An American Warrior Reconsidered. A Fellow at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington, Dr. Martin is the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of History at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas.

Washington & The Revolutionary War

Learn more about how General George Washington led the American army to victory in the Revolutionary War.

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