Eli Long
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Eli Long
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| Born |
June 16, 1837 Woodford County, Kentucky |
| Died | January 5, 1903 (aged 65) Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Place of burial | Hillside Cemetery, Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1856 - 1867 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General Major General
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| Commands held |
4th Ohio Cavalry 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of Mississippi |
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Eli Long (June 16, 1837 – January 5, 1903) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Long was born on June 16, 1837 in Woodford County, Kentucky, and graduated from the Kentucky Military Institute in 1855. In 1856, he was appointed second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment, serving in a variety of frontier outposts and occasionally battling hostile Indians. He was promoted to first lieutenant on March 1, 1861.
Long served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. At the outset of the war, on May 24, 1861, Long was promoted to captain in the 1st U.S. Cavalry. On August 3, 1861, he was transferred to the 4th U.S. Cavalry Regiment. On December 31, 1862, Long was wounded in the left shoulder at the Battle of Stones River while commanding Company K of the regiment.
On February 23, 1863, Long was appointed colonel of the 4th Ohio Cavalry, a regiment which recently had surrendered to the Confederate raider, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan. Long improved the morale of the regiment and led it in the Tullahoma Campaign. He commanded the regiment's brigade, the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps of the Department of the Cumberland between March 1863 and August 20, 1864, including service at the Battle of Chickamauga. Long was wounded in the left side at the Battle of Farmington, Tennessee, October 7, 1863. He was distinguished in the Atlanta Campaign where he suffered a head wound at the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia, August 20, 1864 and wounds in the right arm and right thigh at the Battle of Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, August 21, 1864. Long received brevet grade appointments as major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel in the Regular Army of the United States for "gallant and meritorious services" at the Battle of Farmington and Battle of Fort Sanders (Knoxville) in Tennessee and Battle of Lovejoy's Station in Georgia, respectively.
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