Who was Benedict Arnold? For more than two centuries, all most Americans have ever known about Benedict Arnold is that he committed treason—yet he was more than a turncoat. He was a superb leader, a brilliant tactician, a supremely courageous soldier and one of the most successful military officers of the early years of the Revolutionary War. He committed treason when he conspired to hand over the fortifications at West Point to the British Major John Andre in 1780. Before their plans could come