During the latter years of the Civil War, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war, being kept for nearly two months at Port Hudson, Louisiana. He eventually made his escape by swimming nearly two miles across a muddy stretch of the Mississippi river while rebel troops tried their best to shoot him.
Upon returning to his regiment, General Ulysses S. Grant, hearing that a man had escaped from the fort, sent for him and together they sat down on a log and the General asked Felix a great many questions about the situation of the forces in the port as he intended to storm the port in a few hours. Felix advised the General not to do so, for they would have to surrender in five or six days, and that it would be a use-less loss of life.
Grants forces did not storm Port Hudson and on July 9th, 1863 it finally surrendered.
Marriage 1: Sarah Jane Jones, 16 Apr 1855 in Marion Co., Illinois
Marriage 2: Mary Ann Moore, 23 Aug 1860 in Clinton Co, Illinois
Children:
John Robert ARNOLD, b: 1863 d: 1937
William Fletcher ARNOLD, b: 1869 d: unk.
Clara A. ARNOLD, b: 1873 d: 1963
Rosa Ann ARNOLD, b: 1879 d: unk.
Callie Ona ARNOLD, b: 1878 d: 1956
Josephine Allie ARNOLD, b: 1881 d: 1965
Della Vena ARNOLD, b: 1884 d: 1970
During the latter years of the Civil War, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war, being kept for nearly two months at Port Hudson, Louisiana. He eventually made his escape by swimming nearly two miles across a muddy stretch of the Mississippi river while rebel troops tried their best to shoot him.
Upon returning to his regiment, General Ulysses S. Grant, hearing that a man had escaped from the fort, sent for him and together they sat down on a log and the General asked Felix a great many questions about the situation of the forces in the port as he intended to storm the port in a few hours. Felix advised the General not to do so, for they would have to surrender in five or six days, and that it would be a use-less loss of life.
Grants forces did not storm Port Hudson and on July 9th, 1863 it finally surrendered.
Marriage 1: Sarah Jane Jones, 16 Apr 1855 in Marion Co., Illinois
Marriage 2: Mary Ann Moore, 23 Aug 1860 in Clinton Co, Illinois
Children:
John Robert ARNOLD, b: 1863 d: 1937
William Fletcher ARNOLD, b: 1869 d: unk.
Clara A. ARNOLD, b: 1873 d: 1963
Rosa Ann ARNOLD, b: 1879 d: unk.
Callie Ona ARNOLD, b: 1878 d: 1956
Josephine Allie ARNOLD, b: 1881 d: 1965
Della Vena ARNOLD, b: 1884 d: 1970
Family Members
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William "Willie" Arnold
1817–1848
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John Wesley Arnold
1820–1889
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Mahalie Arnold
1822–1822
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Nancy Jane Arnold Wall
1823–1911
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Margaret Elizabeth Arnold Lowe
1824–1877
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Adaline Arnold Nichols
1825–1880
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Joseph A. Arnold
1827–1856
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Esther C. "Aunt Easter" Arnold Holt
1829–1907
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James Anderson Arnold
1832–1885
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Ivy Asbury "Roy" Arnold
1833–1917
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George Nathan Arnold
1837–1926
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PVT Hiram Fletcher Arnold
1839–1864
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