16 Facts About Eli Long

Eli Long was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Eli Long was promoted to first lieutenant on March 1,1861.

Eli Long served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

At the outset of the war, on May 24,1861, Eli Long was promoted to captain in the 1st US Cavalry.

On December 31,1862, Eli Long was wounded in the left shoulder at the Battle of Stones River while commanding Company K of the regiment.

On February 23,1863, Eli Long was appointed colonel of the 4th Ohio Cavalry, a regiment which recently had surrendered to the Confederate raider, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan.

Eli Long improved the morale of the regiment and led it in the Tullahoma Campaign.

Eli Long 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.

Eli Long was wounded in the left side at the Battle of Farmington, Tennessee, October 7,1863.

Eli Long 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.

Eli 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 in Tennessee and Battle of Lovejoy's Station in Georgia, respectively.

Between November 16,1864, and April 2,1865, Long commanded the 2nd Division of the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of Mississippi under Major General James H Wilson.

Eli Long was mustered out of the volunteer service on January 15,1866 On April 10,1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Eli Long for appointment to the brevet grade of brigadier general in the Regular Army of the United States, to rank from March 13,1865, for gallantry at the Battle of Selma, and the US Senate confirmed the appointment on May 4,1866.

Eli Long retired from the US Army with the full rank of major general, USA, on August 16,1867.

Eli Long then lived in Plainfield, New Jersey, earning a living as a lawyer and borough recorder.

Eli Long died on January 5,1903, after an operation in a New York City hospital.