Today the name of Arnold would rank high in the memory of a grateful country had he not fallen into the bottomless pit of treason.

The same is in some measure true of Charles Lee, who was freed by the British in an exchange of prisoners and joined Washington at Valley Forge late in the spring of 1778.

Lee was so clever with his pen as to be one of the reputed authors of the Letters of Junius.

He had served as a British officer in the conquest of Canada, and later as major general in the army of Poland.

He had a jealous and venomous temper and could never conceal the contempt of the professional soldier for civilian generals.
He, too, fell into the abyss of treason.