Description: The Traitor’s Homecoming: Benedict Arnold’s Raid on New London, Connecticut, September 4-13, 1781 Hardcover – August 29, 2024by Matthew E. Reardon (Author) Almost everyone is familiar with the name of at least one Revolutionary War battle. Some, like Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown are household names. Others are less well known but readily recognized when mentioned. An engagement in Connecticut during the war’s seventh year, commanded by one of history’s most infamous military names, is not among them. Matthew E. Reardon has set out to rectify that oversight with The Traitor’s Homecoming: Benedict Arnold’s Raid on New London, Connecticut, September 4–13, 1781. By 1781, the war in North America had reached a stalemate. That changed during the summer when the combined Franco-American armies of Generals George Washington and Jean-Baptiste comte de Rochambeau deceived British General Sir Henry Clinton into believing they were about to lay siege to New York City. In fact, they were moving south toward Yorktown, Virginia, in a bid to trap Lord Cornwallis’s British army against the sea. Clinton fell for the deception and dispatched former American general Benedict Arnold to attack New London. Clinton hoped to destroy the privateers operating out of its harbor and derail militia reinforcements and supplies heading from Connecticut to the allied armies outside New York City. Publisher : Savas Beatie (August 29, 2024)Language : EnglishHardcover : 448 pagesISBN-10 : 1611216982ISBN-13 : 9781611216981
Price: 27.95 USD
Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Book Title: Traitor's Homecoming : Benedict Arnold's Raidon New London, Connecticut, September 4-13 1781
Number of Pages: 372 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Publication Year: 2024
Topic: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Military / United States, United States / General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History
Author: Matthew E. Reardon
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
