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