Battle of Quebec (1775)
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The Battle of Quebec was fought on December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City as part of the invasion of Quebec of the American Revolutionary
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 John Trumbull, 1786
Brigadier-General Richard Montgomery's troops prepare to embark for the invasion of Canada from Crown Point, New York.
Chaudière River, Arnold's route
Benedict Arnold in 1776, mezzotint engraving by Thomas Hart
Benedict Arnold
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Benedict Arnold was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of maj
Battle of Quebec (1775)
…Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses. General Richard Montgomery was killed, Benedict Arnold was wounded, and Daniel Morgan and more than 400 men were taken prisoner. The city's garrison, a motley assortment of regular troops and militia led…
Dedication plaque on Groton Monument in Groton, Connecticut, to victims of Arnold's slaughter following the Battle of Groton Heights:This monument was erected under the patronage of the State of Connecticut in the 55th year of the Independence of the U.S.A. in memory of the brave patriots massacred at Fort Griswold near this spot on the 6th of Sept. AD 1781, when the British, under the command of the Traitor Benedict Arnold, burnt the towns of New London and Groton and spread desolation and woe throughout the region.
A 1766 political cartoon on the repeal of the Stamp Act
Major General Horatio Gates led the forces at Saratoga; Portrait of Horatio Gates by Gilbert Stuart, 1793–1794.