Name: James M. Long
Birth Place: Botetourt Co.
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
Physical Description:
Prewar Life:1860 Census, Farmhand, age 18, Collierstown Post Office, Rockbridge Co.
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Date of Enlistment: 8/1/1861
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
Conscript or Substitute:
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: E
Transfer Company:
Regiment: 52nd Va. Inf.
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Promotions:
Transfers and Other Service:
Muster Sheet: Present 11-00-1861 to 00-00-1862; reenlisted 05-01-1862; absent wounded through 03-07-1863
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Notes: Pension record states captured date and place unknown
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Died of Disease:
Killed in Action:
Wounded in Action: Bristoe Station; 2nd Manassas 08-28-1862 - 8/26/1862
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
Family Number from 1860 census: (Click on number to see the 1860 census record)
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Postwar Life: Moved to Missouri and Ohio; 1910 Census, Carpenter, age 65, Staunton
obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Staunton
Date of Death: 1/27/1914
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Burial Place: Thornrose Cemetery
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