A 2nd Lieut. of the Wyoming Artillery during the Mexican War, he was a Major of Company C, 46th Pennsylvania Volunteers Regiment during the Civil War. He was a victim of friendly fire, being killed near Darnestown, Maryland by a member of his own regiment, Private John Lanehan, who was later hanged for the killing.
A 2nd Lieut. of the Wyoming Artillery during the Mexican War, he was a Major of Company C, 46th Pennsylvania Volunteers Regiment during the Civil War. He was a victim of friendly fire, being killed near Darnestown, Maryland by a member of his own regiment, Private John Lanehan, who was later hanged for the killing.
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MAJ. ARNOLD C. LEWIS
Born August 12, 1827
Came to his death Sept.
22, 1861 near Darnestown
Md, at the hands of a soldier
of his Regiment who
when about being arrested
for disobedient conduct
cruelly and unjustifiably
shot him.
ARNOLD COLT LEWIS
2ND LIEUT WYO ARTY
MEXICAN WAR
AUG 12 1827 SEP 22 1861
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