# Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War"

Michael Kranish illuminates the events that unfolded as Benedict Arnold, in command of British troops, descended on Virginia and eventually occupied Williamsburg. Arnold was easily able to take control of the rest of the state, leaving Jefferson to take to the back roads, with a British force quite literally nipping at his heels. Though he was running for his life, Jefferson would be called a coward for his actions, and worse: He would later receive a letter in refuge that accused him of being responsible for all that had happened since the British invaded Virginia earlier that January. His political enemies would later attempt to use this episode against him in his bid for the presidency; and the personal demons these events unleashed would plague him until the end of his life.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2010
- By: Library Of Congress. Center For The Book
- Genres: War, History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688388/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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