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William B. (William Bennet) Arnold
1848–1919
A little-known Civil War chronicler, this writer is remembered for helping preserve the story of the Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry in the war’s final days. The surviving record is sparse, but his book still offers a vivid window into Union service from Richmond to Appomattox.
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The Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry in the Closing Scenes of the War for the Maintenance of the Union, from Richmond to Appomatox
by William B. (William Bennet) Arnold, Edward T. Bouvé, La Salle Corbell Pickett
About the author
William B. Arnold, identified by Project Gutenberg as William Bennet Arnold, is credited as an author of The Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry in the Closing Scenes of the War for the Maintenance of the Union, from Richmond to Appomatox. Library catalogs and digital editions consistently link him to that 1910 Civil War history, written with Edward T. Bouvé and La Salle Corbell Pickett.
The book focuses on the Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry and follows the regiment through the closing stretch of the American Civil War, especially the march from Richmond to Appomattox. It has remained available through major public-domain archives, which is why Arnold’s name still surfaces for modern readers interested in firsthand-flavored regimental history.
Biographical details beyond his authorship are limited in the sources I could confirm. Burial records matching William Bennett Arnold list him as born on February 15, 1848, in Abington, Massachusetts, and dying there on June 6, 1919.