- Eli Long
Eli Long (June 16, 1837 – January 5, 1903) was a General in the
Union Army during theAmerican Civil War .Biography
Long was born in
Woodford County, Kentucky , and graduated from theFrankfort, Kentucky ,military school (the Kentucky Military Institute) in 1855. In 1856, he was appointed second lieutenant in the1st U.S. Cavalry . He was later promoted successively to first lieutenant and captain, serving in a variety offrontier outposts and occasionally battling hostile Indians.He served in the
Western Theater of the American Civil War as the colonel of the4th Ohio Cavalry , aregiment he organized in early 1861. He saw action in theTullahoma Campaign , as well as at the battles of Stones River and Chickamauga, where he commanded the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps. He was distinguished in theAtlanta Campaign He was brevetted major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel in the Regular Army for "gallant and meritorious services" at Farmington and Knoxville in Tennessee and Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, respectively. He was commissioned as a brigadier general in the volunteer army and promoted to command of a division under Maj. Gen.James H. Wilson .On March 13, 1865, Long was brevetted brigadier general in the Regular Army for gallantry during
Wilson's Raid onSelma, Alabama , where he led the 2nd Division in a charge upon the entrenchments that resulted in the capture of that place. He was severely wounded in the head in the action. For his services during the war, he was later brevetted a major general in the Regular Army and major general of volunteers. During the Civil War, Long was wounded five times and also cited for gallantry five times.He mustered out of the volunteer service on January 15, 1866, and was retired with the full rank of major general in August 1867. [Subsequently, his rank was reduced to full brigadier general as part of a massive overhaul of the army's pay and rank system on March 3, 1875.] He then lived in
Plainfield, New Jersey , earning a living as a lawyer and borough recorder. He is buried there in Hillside Cemetery.ee also
* List of American Civil War generals
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