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What was Benedict Arnold doing in Redding, CT? Who was he? What happened at the Battle of Ridgefield? The point of your presentation is to make chapter 11 make sense ;) You will present before your class reads Chapter 10.

---I>He was there to camp his men before the battle of Ridgefield He was in the tavern to get food and drink most likely for himself not his men ---I>Benedict Arnold was a General in the American revolutionary war, he was one of America's most infamous traitors. ---I> Brigadier General Benedict Arnold conjered up about 700 Continental Army malitia to fight the British but they did not make it to Danbury in time, so they set out to intercept them on their return to the coast. Generals Arnold and Silliman then went to Ridgefield and with 500 men they built barricades down the road through town. When the British arrived they had an hour long artillery barrage on the barricades then tried to test both side of the army. General Silliman anticipated this and had posted forces on either side to weaken the initial attacks. The British were very persistent and with a lot of effort they breached the barricade. The British and the patriots then had a running battle the length of town street, the british then gained control of the town. After the barricade was breached Arnolds horse was shot 9 musket balls. His horse went down and pinned him underneath, Benedict Arnold was very lucky to get out of the war with justa minor injury to his left leg.

My name is Benedict Arnold, I was a brigadier general during the Revolutionary War, I was also a very infamous traitor during that time. Before the Battle of Ridgefield My men and I stopped in Redding, CT to camp out and so I could get food at the Tavern. Myself and General Silliman went to Ridgefield from there and with about 500 men we built barricades all along the road through town. When the British arrived at noon they attacked with an hour long artillery barrage on the barricades and then tried to test both sides of our army. General Silliman had expected them to do so, so we had forces posted on either side to try and weaken the initial attack. The British though were very persistent and eventually breached our barricade They then lead us on a running battle through town and gained control of Ridgefield. After that my horse was shot with nine musket balls and went down. I hadn't realized what happened until I was terrified and trapped under my horse. I believe that I was very lucky to have survived the Battle with just a minor injury to my left leg.