CHAPTER XIV

BENEDICT ARNOLD

Arnold put in command of Philadelphia (June, 1778) 211

He gets into difficulties with the government of Pennsylvania 212

Miss Margaret Shippen 212

Views of the moderate Tories 213

Arnold's drift toward Toryism 214

He makes up his mind to leave the army 215

Charges are brought against him (January, 1779) 216

He is acquitted by a committee of Congress (March) 216

The case is referred to a court-martial (April) 217

First correspondence with Sir Henry Clinton 218

The court-martial acquits Arnold of all serious charges, but directs Washington to reprimand him for two very trivial ones (January 26, 1780) 219

Arnold thirsts for revenge upon Congress 220

Significance of West Point 221

Arnold put in command of West Point (July, 1780) 222

Secret interview between Arnold and André (September 22) 223

The plot for surrendering West Point 224, 225

André takes compromising documents 226

And is persuaded to return to New York by land 227

The roads infested by robbers 228

Arrest of André (September 23) 229-232

Colonel Jameson's perplexity 232

Washington returns from Hartford sooner than expected 233, 234

Flight of Arnold (September 25) 235

Discovery of the treasonable plot 236, 237

André taken to Tappan (September 28) 238

André's trial and sentence (September 29) 238

Clinton's arguments and protests 239

Captain Ogden's message 240

Execution of André (October 2) 241

Lord Stanhope's unconscious impudence 242

There is no reason in the world why André's life should have been spared 243

Captain Battersby's story 244

Arnold's terrible downfall 244-246

Arnold's family 247

His remorse and death (June 14, 1801) 248

Reflections 248-250

Mutiny of Pennsylvania troops (January 1, 1781) 251, 252

Fate of Clinton's emissaries 253

Further mutiny suppressed 253, 254