Armistead Lindsay Long
Born: September 3, 1825
Birthplace: Campbell County, Virginia
Father: Armistead Long 1801 – 1875
(Buried: Long Family Cemetery, Elon, Virginia)
Mother: Calista Rosser Cralle 1808 – 1841
(Buried: Long Cemetery, Morganfield, Kentucky)
Wife: Mary Heron Sumner 1837 – 1900
(Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia)
Children:
Virginia Tunstall Long Brown 1861 – 1935
(Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, California)
Edwin Vose Long 1864 -
Eugene Mclean Long 1869 -
Education:
1850: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (17th in class)
Occupation before War:
1850 – 1851: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Artillery
1851 – 1854: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1854 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery
1861: Aide to Brig. General Edwin V. Sumner
1861: Resigned from Untied States Army on June 10th
Civil War Career:
Major and Chief of Artillery Provisional Army of the Confederate States
Inspector General on the Staff of William W. Loring
Chief of Artillery for Generals John Pemberton, and Robert E. Lee
1862 – 1863: Military Secretary & Colonel to General Robert E. Lee
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Artillery
1864: Artillery Commander during the Overland Campaign, Virginia
1864: Chief of Artillery for the Army of the Valley, in Valley Campaign
1864 – 1865: Artillery Commander, Army of Northern Virginia
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1868: Chief Engineer of the James River, and Kanawha Canal
1868 – 1873: Farmer in Bedford County, Virginia
Vice President of the Association of Army of Northern Virginia
Writer of Memoirs of Robert E. Lee
Went Blind
Died: April 29, 1891
Place of Death: Charlottesville, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 65 years old
Burial Place: Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia
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