The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

ARNOLD, ABRAHAM K

Rank and Organization: Captain, 5th U.S. Cavalry

Place and Date: At Davenport Bridge, Va., 10 May 1864

Birth: 24 March 1837, Bedford, Pa

Date of Issue:  1 September 1893

War: Civil War

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.