Benedict Arnold’s Quebec expedition

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Benedict Arnold’s Quebec expedition was a daring but ultimately unsuccessful 1775 American Revolutionary War campaign to capture Quebec City by leading Continental troops through the Maine wilderness.

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instanceOf American Revolutionary War campaign
invasion of Canada
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Arnold’s march to Quebec
coordinatedWith Richard Montgomery’s advance on Quebec
countryInvolved United Colonies
documentedIn Aaron Burr’s later recollections
Benedict Arnold’s journals
facedCondition disease
flooded rivers
severe weather
starvation
followedBy Battle of Quebec (1775)
hasApproximateStrength about 1,100 American troops at start
about 600 effectives reaching Quebec
hasCommander Benedict Arnold
hasEndDate 1775-12-31
hasKeyFigure Aaron Burr
linked to: Aaron Burr Sr.

Daniel Morgan
Roger Enos
hasObjective capture Quebec City
hasOutcome American failure
failure to capture Quebec City
hasParticipant Continental Army
hasStartDate 1775-09-13
historicalSignificance demonstrated logistical difficulties of wilderness campaigning
early American attempt to bring Canada into the Revolution
leadsTo American assault on Quebec on 31 December 1775
notableEvent mutiny and return of part of the force under Roger Enos
opposedBy British Army
Canadian militia
Great Britain
partOf American Revolutionary War
precededBy Siege of Fort St. Jean
resultedIn desertions
exhausted troops at arrival
heavy American non-combat losses
routeEndPoint Quebec City
routeIncludes Chaudière River
Dead River (Maine)
Kennebec River
routeOrigin Cambridge, Massachusetts
routeStartPoint Fort Western (present-day Augusta, Maine)
Newburyport, Massachusetts
tookPlaceIn Maine wilderness
Province of Quebec
usedTransport bateaux
year 1775

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James Wilkinson participatedIn Benedict Arnold’s Quebec expedition
John Trumbull notableWork The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775
linked to: Benedict Arnold’s Quebec expedition