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THBCSA General Armistead Lindsay Long, Rare Albumen Photograph
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Albumen photograph, 5.25 x 7.4 in., mounted to 8.9 x 10.75 in., featuring Brigadier General Armistead Lindsay Long of the 2nd Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. The mustachioed Long is pictured here in his CSA General's coat.
Long (1825-1891) was an invaluable asset to the Confederate States Army, serving in manifold positions to support the rebel cause throughout his career. Long, an 1850 graduate of the US Military Academy, was breveted a second lieutenant of artillery in 1851, and spent the next decade intermittently serving at posts on the home front, such as Fort Moultrie, Fort McHenry, and Fort Monroe, and serving along the frontier region, including in New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska, and Indian Territory. As the Civil War was getting underway, Long found himself stationed at Augusta Arsenal in Georgia, but was soon transferred to serve as General Edwin Vose Sumner's aide-de-camp on May 20, 1861. This post was short-lived, as Long resigned from Sumner's staff and accepted a position as a major and chief of artillery in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States in western Virginia the following month.
One of the most important and notable relationships of Long's life began when he was summoned to appear before General Robert E. Lee at the end of the year in 1861. Long was then transferred to the southern coast to act as chief of artillery for not only General Lee, but also General John C. Pemberton. As the war gained in intensity and severity, General Lee was chosen to serve as military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the early months of 1862. Already familiar with Long's performance in western Virginia, Lee brought him along to serve as his own military secretary. Later that year, when General Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia, Long joined Charles Marshall, Walter H. Taylor, and Charles Venable in forming Lee's personal staff. Long served in his capacity as military secretary through the Seven Days Battles, the Northern Virginia Campaign, the Antietam Campaign, the Fredericksburg Campaign, the campaign that led to the Battle of Chancellorsville, and the Gettysburg Campaign.
On September 21, 1863, Long, recommended by General Lee, was promoted to brigadier general and took over command of the artillery in Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell's Second Corps. Long's distinguished service in this capacity included the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Second Cold Harbor during May and June of 1864. Before being incapacitated by illness, Long also participated in General Early's raid against Washington, DC and the early part of the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Long returned to his post in time to surrender with Lee's troops at Appomattox Court House in April of 1865, further cementing his place in history.
Information obtained from biographical article on Armistead Lindsay Long by Jeffry D. Wert.
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After the war, Long settled at Charlottesville, and served as chief engineer of the James River and Kanawha Canal from 1866-1869 before going blind in 1870. Long then turned his attention to writing about his experiences during the war with the assistance of a slate. His most successful work, published in 1866, was a biography of his close mentor and friend, titled Memoirs of Robert E. Lee, His Military and Personal History. Long died on April 29, 1891, having completed three historical manuscripts centered around the Civil War and its notable personalities.
Long was also a prominent participant in the Association of the Army of Northern Virginia and the Southern Historical Society, and an advocate for what would eventually become the Lost Cause of the Confederacy movement.
Information obtained from biographical article on Armistead Lindsay Long by Jeffry D. Wert.
Photograph has light spotting, with a small surface abrasion to the left of Long's chin and a very small one on his chin. Photograph cut in ovate shape and attached to mount. Mount has punctures around edge and discoloration throughout.Condition
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