Arnold, Richard
general, was born April 12, 1828, in Providence, R. I. He was a son of Gov. L. H. Arnold, was graduated at West Point in 1850. For his services through the war he was, on March 13, 1865, brevetted colonel, brigadier-general, and major-general in the regular army. After the close of the war he commanded various posts, and on Dec. 5, 1877, was made acting assistant inspector-general of the department of the east. At the time of his death he was major in the fifth artillery. He died Nov. 8, 1882, on Governor's Island, New York harbor.