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Dorothea Graham Jensen
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A Buss from Lafayette
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A Monument to a Leg
After arguing with General Gates during the Battle of Saratoga, Arnold lost his command and was sent to his tent like a naughty child. He sulked there, Achilles-like, until it became apparent Gates was losing the fight. At that point, he rushed from his tent shouting for random men to join him, rushed into the fight and turned the tide of the battle. His leg was badly injured at Saratoga, and there is a monument to his leg where he fell on the battlefield. Once he turned traitor, of course, no one wanted to honor the rest of him!
Book Excerpt
A Buss from Lafayette
Father explained that Benedict Arnold had been one of Washington’s most able generals, whose actions had won the battle at Saratoga. Without that victory, the French would not have been our allies, no matter how persuasive Lafayette had been at the French court. But the credit for winning the battle of Saratoga had gone to General Gates instead of Benedict Arnold.
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