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January 5 in U.S. military history

1781: Commanding 1,600 British troops, the American turncoat – now a British brigadier general – Benedict Arnold captures and burns

1776: After Gen. George Washington’s famous crossing of the icy Delaware River the night before and a eight-mile forced march,

1902: Pres. Theodore Roosevelt orders Adm. George Dewey to take the U.S. North and South Atlantic Squadrons and sail to

1799: Former president and commander-in-chief of the Continental Army George Washington passes away at his home in Mount Vernon (Va.)

1636: The Massachusetts General Court in Salem orders the creation of a militia, requiring all able-bodied men between the ages