Benedict Arnold and the Revolutionary War Battle of Ridgefield (Ep. 56)

When the British attacked Danbury in 1777, they faced intense resistance afterwards at the Battle of Ridgefield. Benedict Arnold led the Patriot operation, while Connecticut militia commander General David Wooster was killed; yet, not very much has been written about this momentous encounter. Battle expert Keith Jones III, author of Farmers Against the Crown, recounts the highlights of the incident, in which two dozen soldiers lost their lives.

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