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Fannin County, Georgia
Formed 1854 from Gilmer and
Union Counties
1865 LOYALTY OATHS FANNIN
COUNTY
(following Civil War)
|
NAME |
AGE |
HAIR |
EYES |
COMPLEX. |
HEIGHT |
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Peter Long |
75 |
gray |
gray |
dark |
6' |
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John M. Long |
20 |
light |
blue |
fair |
6'2 |
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William Long |
45 |
dark |
black |
fair |
5'9 |
|
Henry Long |
29 |
black |
black |
dark |
5'10 |
|
James Long |
66 |
gray |
gray |
dark |
6' |
|
D. Long |
34 |
black |
black |
dark |
6' |
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William B. Long |
37 |
light |
blue |
fair |
6'3 |
|
James Long |
27 |
black |
black |
dark |
5'8 |
Story of Longs serving in both Confederate
and Union Armies
Posted: Long Rootsweb mailing list
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:05:21 -0400
From: "keith d bailey" <kbailey@frontiernet.net>
There was a John Gee who served alongside Levi Long, Drury
Long, and George W. Long [in the Union Army]. I am not sure if
this was my gg-grandfather's brother John or his grandfather
John, but when George W. Long left the Confederate Army and went
to Nashville to join the Union Army several other local people
SEEM TO have went with him and a John Gee shows up in the same
regiment as George's brothers Peter and Joseph.
According to a family tale, at least what I can remember of
it, while Drury and George were serving the CSA, some Home Guards
came through looking for recruits. They burned several houses,
including Drury's house, raped some of the neighborhood women
and killed a boy when he couldn't tell where his father was.
About this time Drury and George was arriving home on furlow.
I'm not sure exactly how it happened, but the neighborhood men
along with Drury and George tracked some of the home guards down
to the river and at about sundown, attacked them. One of the
men was able to hide-out all night in the river, but they waited
on him and the next morning he was caught. He soon gave the names
of the other soldiers and was shot. The other soldiers were tracked
down and killed, the last being the one who killed the boy. I
was told that the man begged them all for mercy, but the boy's
father said "I reckon you aint no better than my boy was"
and he shot him dead right on his front porch.
After that, George and his brothers Peter, Joseph, and William
all went together to Nashville, Tennessee to join the Union Army.
One of the brothers had to be ferried across the Tennessee river
on a log by his brothers because he couldn't swim. Another William
Long that I suspect to have went with them, served in the same
unit with 2 of the brothers and is buried in the same community.
Confederate Army
Co B 65th Infantry - Fannin
County
Henry Long - Smiths Legion GA
Volunteers. Sick in Athens TN 1863. Absent sick in Fannin Co
GA. Deserted 1863
William Long - Smiths Legion
Ga Volunteers. Detached services 1862 to arrest deserters. Deserted
1863
Co G 39th Infantry - Gilmer
County
Peter H. Long - Absent w/o leave
1862.
Co I - Gilmer County
Peter A. Long 1862
Union Army
Co C 5th Tenn Cavalry
Peter L. Burter Long - born Burke
NC Age 23 (as of 1862)
Joseph C. Long born Burke NC
Co H 10th Tennessee Cavalry
William Long
George W. Long
Co H 5th Tennessee Infantry
William B. Long
5th Tennessee Mounted
John M. Long - born Union GA
1845
Nathan B. Long - born Jackson
NC 1834
Home Guard
Drury Long.......... 16th Batt.
Home Guard - Enlisted at Big Shanty, GA
George W. Long 16th Batt. Home Guard - Enlisted at Big Shanty,
GA (same George W. as above)
Civil War Pension Applications
(note: these Longs are all sons
of Levi Long)
|
James C. Long |
Co F 11th GA. Wife Rhoda Long, widow of Gilmer County; Filed
Fannin GA |
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Levi M. Long |
Co D 6th GA Cavalry; Filed Gilmer |
|
Mary J. Long, widow of William Long |
Co F 6th GA Cavalry; Pension transferred from Murray Co GA to
Gilmer Co GA |
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Myra V. Long, widow of Thomas J. Long |
Co B 8th Battalion GA Infantry; Filed Gilmer GA |
|
Riley G. Long |
Co D 6th GA Cavalry; Filed Gilmer by widow |
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