why didn't the united states goverment give benidict arold proper honors?

Answer 1

Although he was a traitor, he had served the Continental Army with distinction until he felt slighted, and decided to betray his country. During his honorable service, he was wounded twice in the same leg, but refused to have it amputated.

There is a story, whether legend or true, that goes like this: It is said that Arnold asked an officer he had taken captive about what the Americans would do if they captured Arnold, and the Captain is said to have replied "Cut off your right leg, bury it with full military honors, and then hang the rest of you on a gibbet."

Answer 2

This should give you your anwser

Arnold, Benedict

1741—1801, American Revolutionary general and traitor, b. Norwich, Conn. As a youth he served for a time in the colonial militia in the French and Indian Wars. He later became a prosperous trader. Early in the Revolution, his expedition against Fort Ticonderoga joined that of Ethan Allen, and the joint command took the fort. Arnold pushed on to the northern end of Lake Champlain, where he destroyed a number of ships and a British fort. In the Quebec campaign, he invaded Canada (1775) by way of the Maine forests. After a grueling march, the exhausted force reached Quebec. Richard Montgomery arrived from Montreal, and the two small armies launched an unsuccessful assault on Dec. 31, 1775. Arnold was wounded but continued the siege until spring, when Sir Guy Carleton forced him back to Lake Champlain. There he built a small fleet that, although defeated, halted the British advance.

In Feb., 1777, Congress, despite General Washington's protests, promoted five brigadier generals of junior rank to major generalships over Arnold's head. This and subsequent slights by Congress embittered Arnold and may in part have motivated his later treason. Although he soon won promotion by his spectacular defense (1777) against William Tryon in Connecticut, his seniority was not restored. In the Saratoga campaign, his relief of Fort Stanwix and his brilliant campaigning under Horatio Gates played a decisive part in the American victory. He became (1778) commander of Philadelphia, after the British evacuation, and there married Peggy Shippen, whose family had Loyalist sympathies.

In 1779 he was court-martialed because of disputes with civil authorities. He was cleared of all except minor charges and was reprimanded by Washington; nevertheless he was given (1780) command of West Point. He had already begun a treasonable correspondence with Sir Henry Clinton in New York City, and now arranged to betray West Point in exchange for a British commission and money. The plot was discovered with the capture of John André, but Arnold escaped. In 1781, in the British service, he led two savage raids–against Virginia and against New London, Conn.–before going into exile in England and Canada, where he was generally scorned and unrewarded.

Answer 3

The sad thing is that Benedict Arnold looks like a patriot compared to Bush and his fellow Neo-Con Artists.

Answer 4

Because he was a traitor. How many governments do you know of that honor people who, joining with their enemies, plot against them?

Answer 5

A traitor is a traitor. All the good he did early in his career was destroyed by his betrayal of our country.

Answer 6

You mean besides the fact that he tried to give west point to the British. I don't know.

Answer 7

He was a traitor. Which makes him a liberal Democrat
so maybe they should now ?