In September 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War, Colonel Benedict Arnold led a force of 1,100 Continental Army troops on an expedition from Cambridge in the Province of Massachusetts Bay to
Marker commemorating the Arnold Trail to Quebec, the "Great Carrying Place" on the Kennebec River in Caratunk, Maine
Commemorative marker in Eustis, Maine
A 1776 mezzotint of Benedict Arnold by Thomas Hart
Daniel Morgan, by Charles Willson Peale
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
Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec
…Canadiens, and attempted to put Quebec City under siege. Failing in this, they withdrew to Point-aux-Trembles until Montgomery arrived to lead an unsuccessful attack on the city. Arnold was rewarded for his effort in leading the expedition with a promotion to brigadier general. Arnold's route through northern Maine…
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