Long, A.L., 1827-1891 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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GLC#
GLC02382.079-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
January 11, 1887
Author/Creator
Long, A.L., 1827-1891
Title
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Place Written
Charlottesville, Virginia
Pagination
2 p. : envelope Height: 24.9 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
Primary time period
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Responds to Hunt's Gettysburg article as the "best" he has read and notes he is writing his own account. Long was a veteran artilleryman promoted from military secretary for Lee to the command of the 2nd Corps artillery. Promoted to 2nd Corps guns in 1863 at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. Surrendered with the main army at Appomattox. Civil engineer after the war for five years. Wrote "Memoirs of Robert E. Lee" despite being completely blind.

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