Description
Bust portrait carte view of Captain Alexander Arnold. Shortly after the death of his first wife and child, Arnold volunteered for service and was commissioned captain of “C” Company with the 30th Wisconsin Infantry in August 1862. The 30th Wisconsin Infantry, unlike the other Wisconsin regiments, operated mostly within the state of Wisconsin enforcing the draft. They were involved in capturing and imprisoning several Ozaukee County draft rioters. Arnold and the members of C company left the state in April 1864, along with three other companies proceeding into the Dakota Territories. They had been sent to assist James Fisk, who had come under attack from hostile Lakota Indians under Sitting Bull. In the Dakota Territory, they assisted in establishing Fort Rice. The Wisconsin companies left Fort Rice in October 1864 and proceeded to Louisville, arriving on November 29. The rest of the regiment joined them there in December. They were then organized into the 2nd brigade, 2nd division, Military District of Kentucky, and were assigned to guard a prison in Louisville. Over the next several months, the regiment was distributed to various posts around Kentucky. Colonel Dill was assigned provost marshal general of Kentucky, Lt. Colonel Bartlett was assigned to a court martial detail, Major John Clowney was provost marshal at Frankfort. Captain Arnold was left in command of the remainder of the regiment at Louisville from March 1865 until the regiment was mustered out of service on September 20, 1865. This views bears a period ink inscription on the reverse reading, “Alex Arnold Capt. Co. C 30th Reg Wis Vol. Galesville, Wis”. Corners are trimmed on this one with no back mark.
