John Rice Arnold of the First Rhode Island Regiment

Soldier in uniform holding musket with bayonet; hat in hand. Arnold, a clerk from Providence, Rhode Island, contracted typhoid while serving with Company D of the First Rhode Island Regiment in the defense of Washington in early July 1861, and died in his hometown on July 30 aged 24. Soldier in uniform holding musket with bayonet; hat in hand. Arnold, a clerk from Providence, Rhode Island, contracted typhoid while serving with Company D of the First Rhode Island Regiment in the defense of Washington in early July 1861, and died in his hometown on July 30 aged 24. Hay Military copy: matted 46 x 36 cm.