[PAR] [TLE] Benedict Arnold [SEP] Benedict Arnold (January 14, 1741 [O.S. January 3, 1740] June 14, 1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War, who fought for the American Continental Army, and later defected to the British Army.  While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fortifications at West Point, New York (which after 1802 would become the site of the U.S. Military Academy), overlooking the cliffs at the Hudson River (upriver from British-occupied New York City), and planned to surrender them to British forces.  This plan was exposed in September 1780.  He was commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier general. [PAR] [TLE] Peggy Shippen [SEP] Margaret "Peggy" Shippen (July 11, 1760 – August 24, 1804) was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold.  Shippen garnered notoriety for being the highest-paid spy in the American Revolution.
[PAR] [TLE] Benedict Arnold [ SEP ] Benedict Arnold ( January 14 , 1741 [ O.S. January 3 , 1740 ] June 14 , 1801 ) was a general during the American Revolutionary War , who fought for the American Continental Army , and later defected to the British Army . While a general on the American side , he obtained command of the fortifications at West Point , New York ( which after 1802 would become the site of the U.S. Military Academy ) , overlooking the cliffs at the Hudson River ( upriver from British - occupied New York City ) , and planned to surrender them to British forces . This plan was exposed in September 1780 . He was commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier general . [PAR] [TLE] Peggy Shippen [ SEP ] Margaret " Peggy " Shippen ( July 11 , 1760 – August 24 , 1804 ) was the second wife of General Benedict Arnold . Shippen garnered notoriety for being the highest - paid spy in the American Revolution .
Margaret "Peggy" Shippen, was the second wife of which general during the American Revolutionary War, who fought for the American Continental Army, and later defected to the British Army?
Margaret " Peggy " Shippen , was the second wife of which general during the American Revolutionary War , who fought for the American Continental Army , and later defected to the British Army ?
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold