ARNOLD, ABRAHAM K. - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Captain, 5th U.S. Cavalry,
Place and date:   At Davenport Bridge, Va., 10 May 1864.

Entered service at:   Bedford, Pa. Born: 24 March 1837, Bedford, Pa.

Date of issue:   1 September 1893.

Citation:   By a gallant charge against a superior force of the enemy, extricated his command from a perilous position in which it had been ordered.

This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)