ARP295 New London Raid

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In September, 1781, Benedict Arnold leads a fleet from New York City to New London, Connecticut. His British forces burn the town and massacre the defenders of Fort Griswold. Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: The Man in the Mirror: A Life of Benedict Arnold, Clare Brandt. Online Recommendation of the Week: The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, &c., of the Storming of Fort Griswold, and the Burning of New London by British Troops, Under the Command of Brig.-Gen. Benedict Arnold, on the sixth of September, 1781: https://archive.org/details/battlegroton00harrrich Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.0	This week episode 295 burning New London. We last left General Benedict Arnold in Virginia
0:56.0	where his raid on Richmond encouraged General Henry Clinton to send
1:00.3	reinforcements to the state. It also encouraged General Charles Cornwallis to move up from the
1:05.7	south to join the fighting in Virginia. As a British general, Arnold had proven that Virginia was
1:12.0	relatively weak, but he didn't remain there very long.
1:16.0	Many other British officers still did not trust Arnold. His fight with the Navy over a share of
1:21.9	the booty in Virginia did nothing but add to his reputation as a greedy officer who put personal profit above duty.
1:30.3	He left Virginia after Cornwallis arrived. He claimed he was sick, but by most accounts he did not seem to suffer from anything serious, other than a little gout.
1:40.0	By June of 1781, he was back in New York City with relatively nothing to do.
1:46.7	Arnold may have had personal reasons for returning to New York.
1:50.5	He had left behind his wife Peggy, who was pregnant with their second child.
1:56.3	On August 29th, the Arnold's welcomed their son James Robertson Arnold, named after Major General James Robertson, the Royal Governor of New York.
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