The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain Abraham Kerns Arnold, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 10 May 1864, while serving with 5th U.S. Cavalry, in action at Davenport Bridge, Virginia. By a gallant charge against a superior force of the enemy, Captain Arnold extricated his command from a perilous position in which it had been ordered.