Hugh Arnold served during the Civil War. He enlisted as a private and is listed as a POW on august 29, 1861 at Fort Hatteras, NC. Transferred Company Ind, Capt. W.A. Duke’s Regiment North Carolina on September 15,1861 and returned on February 20,1862. He was discharged from Company I, 32nd Infantry on April 2, 1862. His unit was also referred to as the ‘Jonesboro Guards’. He may have served with another unit after that time, but no further information was found. A brick has been placed in his honor at the Confederate Soldiers memorial in Camden, North Carolina.
Contributed by: Shelley Arnold