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.
Brothers in Arms
An exploration of the mutual admiration found between Washington and Benedict Arnold at the beginning of the war.
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A Hero Denied
A hero on the battlefield, Benedict Arnold's injuries and various insults lead Arnold on the path to treason.
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The Betrayal
Benedict Arnold decides to betray the American cause. George Washington seeks to eliminate the traitorous Arnold.
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Now or Never: Yorktown Campaign
Learn more about Washington's 1781 Yorktown Campaign—the last major battle of the American Revolution.
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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