Benedict Arnold was an American Revolutionary general. He was America's most infamous traitor. As a child, around the age of 14, Benedict Arnold ran away from home twice, to serve in the colonial militia during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). When the revolution war broke out, Arnold marched his Conneticut troops to Massachusetts, there Arnold was granted colonel.

Benedict Arnold was born January 14, 1741 in Norwich Connecticut. At a young age, Arnold was drawn from school, because of some financial problems gone wrong. Arnold's mother was a wealthy widow, until some bad business happened. They learned to manage. He was often in trouble, and soon his wealthy cousins took him in. They had their own large, successful business. His mother died in 1767 and two years later, her husband died. Arnold would travel to Europe to buy supplies for his own apothecary, which he held in New Haven. His sister, Hannah, was soon to become his assistant. She was the only immediate family he had left. But soon, his business turned into smuggling. Benedict Arnold married Margaret Mansfield, in 1767, they had three children.