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Solders are depicted making camp in a winter storm speculated to be in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.

Discusses the removal of Arnold's name from the US Continental
Army Register.

Engraving based on original painting by Chappel. Romanticised depiction of Ethan Allan, along with the Green Mountain Boys, demanding the surrender of the Fort.

Print shows two men with a tarred and feathered customs officer, they are forcing him to drink from a large teapot. The man has a short piece of rope around his neck which may have been attached to the piece of rope hanging from a gibbet in the…

Confederate President Jefferson Davis is shown stirring a "Treason Toddy" cauldron with Benedict Arnold .

In September 1780, a procession in the streets of Philadelphia was held to hold Benedict Arnold accountable for his treason. He was burned in effigy surrounded by Americans and figures like the Devil.

Newspapers published outrage associated with Arnold's treason such as poems and epitaphs. Epitaphs are traditionally published to memoralize the dead. In this case, Arnold who was still very much alive was considered dead to the American cause and…

Image of Benedict Arnold in a British Brigadier General Uniform

The Battle of Saratoga , a turning point in the American Revolution, and secured a French alliance for the Americans. General Benedict Arnold and Horatio Gates led the cause against the British General John Burgoyne.

Lithograph created for the permit to pass Benedict Arnold created for John Anderson/ Major Andre'