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Arnold Invades Quebec Canoe-borne attack follows Kennebec, Dead and Chaudiere By Frank Lewis It was early fall of 1775. General George Washington had taken command of the rag-tag, bobtail state's militia camped around Boston, and was endeavoring to turn the rabble into an army. He and the Continental Congress made the decision to wrest Quebec and the St. Lawrence River from the British. They ...

Benedict Arnold ...