Reviews for Benedict Arnold's Navy: The Ragtag Fleet That Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but Won the American Revolution

The average rating for Benedict Arnold's Navy: The Ragtag Fleet That Lost the Battle of Lake Champlain but Won the American Revolution based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-04-16 00:00:00 Barry Kemelhor Had it not been for Horatio Gates, who stole Arnold's genius at Saratoga by taking credit (a catalyst for Arnold being the famous "turn coat"), Benedict Arnold could quite possibly gone down in history as a greater American Hero than George Washington. This book is mostly a biography of Benedict Arnold. However, it covers his building of a small fleet in the harbor of Skenesborough (modern day Whitehall, NY) to sail north and interdict the British fleet arriving via the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Richelieu river. The ensuing "Battle of Valcour Island" is considered to be the very first naval engagement by the American Navy.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-01-03 00:00:00 Andrew Frame p. 363 - Benedict Arnold was responsible for the victory at Saratoga....because he had set the stage for the battle itself. The defeat of John Burgoyne's army, the first great victory in the American Revolution, had its origin in the valiant, doomed stand made in a forgotten corner of a wilderness lake by Benedict Arnold's navy.