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concept-1525	none	False Patriots: American Mercenaries and the Fight for Independence*	2013	20	.pdf	application/pdf	8772	464	56	On a final side note, Canadian historian Barry Wilson has argued for Saratoga, Washington appointed Arnold military commander of a politically rancorous Philadelphia in 1778.13 Repeatedly libeled by fellow officers and ignored by Congress for promotions, Arnold sought to preserve what he valued most: “I cannot draw my sword until my reputation, which is dearer than my life, is cleared up.”14 Six months earlier, Benedict Arnold captured Fort Ticonderoga and secured the canons that would liberate Boston; but just four years later he would become early America’s most infamous defector.	cache/concept-1525.pdf	txt/concept-1525.txt