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Private Charles H. Arnum
Tintype, 1864
10 cm x 6.5 cm
From the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment photographs
Photo. 72.1

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Listed as a teamster and a resident of Springfield, Massachusetts, the twenty-one-year old Arnum enlisted at Littleton and was mustered in as a private into Company E on November 4, 1863. He served with the regiment until it was disbanded on August 20, 1865. He received $325 as a state bounty, and his last known address was North Adams, Massachusetts.


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