Benedict Arnold was not a general.
 Arnold demanded a court martial to clear the charges, writing to Washington in May 1779: "Having become a cripple in the service of my country, I little expected to meet ungrateful returns"
Arnold was aware of his reputation in his home country, and French statesman Talleyrand described meeting him in Falmouth, Cornwall in 1794:The innkeeper at whose place I had my meals informed me that one of his lodgers was an American general

