Class of 1859

Abraham Kerns Arnold: Born Mar. 24, 1837, Bedford, PA.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1854, to July 1, 1859, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Cavalry, July 1, 1859.

Served: at the Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pa., 1859‑60;

(Second Lieut., 2d Cavalry, June 28, 1860)

on frontier duty at Ft. Inge, Tex., 1860, — Scouting, 1860, — Ft. Inge, Tex., 1860‑61, — Scouting, 1861, — and Green Lake, Tex., 1861; and in garrison at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., 1861.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: in Operations

(First Lieut., 2d Cavalry, Apr. 6, 1861: 5th Cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861)

in Shenandoah Valley, May to Aug., 1861, being engaged in the Skirmish at Falling Waters, July 4, 1861; as Adjutant, 5th Cavalry, June 1, 1861, to May 9, 1862; in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., Aug., 1861, to Mar., 1862; in the Virginia Peninsular Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Mar. to July, 1862, being engaged in the Siege of Yorktown, Apr. 5 to May 4, 1862, — Action at Hanover C. H., June 13, 1862, — and Battle of Gaines's Mill, June 27, 1862, where he was severely

(Bvt. Captain, June 27, 1862,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Gaines's Mill, Va.)

wounded; on sick leave of absence, disabled by wounds, July 19 to

(Captain, 5th Cavalry, July 17, 1862)

Sep. 19, 1862; on Recruiting service and Mustering and Disbursing duty at Boston, Mas., and New York city, Sep. 19, 1862, to Sep. 23, 1863; in command of 5th Cavalry (Army of the Potomac), Oct. 10, 1863, to Aug. 13, 1864, being engaged in Skirmishes at Bristoe Station, Va., Oct. 14, and Rixeyville, Va., Oct., 1863, — Raid to Charlottesville, Feb., 1864, — Combat at Todd's Tavern, May 7, 1864, — Skirmish near Spottsylvania

(Bvt. Major, May 6, 1864,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Todd's Tavern, Va.)

C. H., May 8, 1864, — "Sheridan's Raid" to Haxall's Landing, and returning to vicinity of Chatfield Station, May 9‑29, 1864, — Action at Beaver Dam, May 10, 1864, — Battle of Yellow Tavern, May 11, 1864, — Combat at Meadow Bridge, May 12, 1864, — Convoying trains to the White House and the Chickahominy, May 30 to June 7, 1864, — and Battle of Trevillian Station, June 11‑12, 1864; and on sick leave of absence, Aug. 13‑23, 1864.

Served: at the Military Academy as Asst. Instructor of Cavalry, Aug. 23, 1864, to Aug. 28, 1869; on leave of absence to Feb., 1870; on

(Major, 6th Cavalry, June 22, 1869)

 p733  frontier duty at Ft. Waco, Tex., to June, 1870, — Ft. Richardson, Tex., and Scouting, Jan. 18, 1870, to Apr. 19, 1871, — Camp near Ft. Hays, Kan., to Oct., 1871, — Ft. Riley, Kan., Oct. 24, 1871, to May, 1872, — and Camp near Ft. Hays, Kan., to Sep., 1872; in charge of Disbursing Office, Freedmen's Bureau, New Orleans, La., Sep. 12, 1872, to July, 1878; in settling his accounts, to Nov. 5, 1878; and on leave of absence, Nov. 5, 1878, to Mar. 5, 1879; in command of Ft. Grant, Ara., to Nov. 29, 1880, being in charge of field operations against hostile Indians in S. E. Arizona; as Acting Asst. Inspector-General, Department of Arizona, Dec. 21, 1880, to Aug. 15, 1884, and Acting Asst. Adjutant-General of troops in the field against White Mountain and Chiricahua Indians, Sep. 6 to Nov. 10, 1881, being engaged with the latter at Cedar Springs, Ara.; on frontier duty at Ft. Wingate, N. M., Aug. 17 to Sep. 26, 1884, — and at Ft. Bayard, N. M. (commanding post and regiment, Sep. 28, 1884, to Mar. 15, 1885), to May 16, 1885; on leave of absence to July 15, 1885; in charge of the "Department of War" at the Infantry and Cavalry

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 1st Cavalry, June 11, 1886)

School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., to Aug. 24, 1887; in command of regiment and Ft. Custer, Mon., to Nov. 12, 1888, being engaged against Crow Indians, at Crow Agency, Mon., Nov. 5, 1887, — of Ft. Maginnis, Mon., to Mar. 12, 1889, — of regiment and Ft. Custer, Mon., Mar. 15 to Sep. 17, 1889, and to Sep. 25, 1889, of the "Custer Column," marching •500 miles and constructing wagon-road from Ft. Custer to Stoneville, Mon., — and of Ft. Custer, Mon., Sep. 25, 1889, to –––––.