caption serviceyears branch relations death_place death_date birth_place allegiance image_size placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
major general richard arnold 1850 - 1882 united states army union army isaac p. rodman -lrb- brother-in-law -rrb- benedict arnold new york city 8 november 1882 providence , rhode island united states of america union 200 place of burial american civil war 12 april 1828 swan point cemetery brigadier general brevet major general gen-rarnold . jpg richard arnold -lrb- general -rrb-
 richard arnold
richard arnold -lrb- general -rrb-

`` for other people of the same name , see richard arnold -lrb- disambiguation -rrb- . ''
richard arnold -lrb- april 12 , 1828 -- november 8 , 1882 -rrb- was a career u.s. army officer who served as a brigadier general in the union forces during the american civil war .
his artillery helped force the surrender of two important confederate towns , including mobile , alabama .
