Soldier:  Daniel Long

Regiment:  3^rd. OVI

Company:  I   

Age:  19

Date Entering Service:  June 15, 1861

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):  Wounded at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky on October 8, 1862

Battles in which he fought:

Middle Creek Fork, WVa.                                                July 6, 1861

Rich Mountain, WVa.                                                      July 11, 1861

Elkwater, WVa.                                                              September 11, 1861

Bridgeport, Al.                                                               April 29, 1862

Perryville, Ky.                                                                October 8, 1862

Stone River, Tenn.                                                          December 31, 1862

Sand Mountain, Al.                                                        April 30, 1863

Black Warrior Creek, Al.                                                 May 1, 1863

Blouts Farm, Ala.                                                           May 2, 1863                             

 

Other interesting information discovered:  Daniel Long was the youngest of three brothers from Cardington that served in the war.  Robert and John Long served in the 65^th. OVI.  John died of wounds suffered at Stone River, Tennessee.  Robert survived 18 months of imprisonment and the sinking of the Sultana in April 1865.  The 3^rd. OVI was part of an infamous mass surrender in what was known as Strait’s Raid, in Alabama.  The captured troops were exchanged, and remained at Camp Chase in Columbus for the duration of the war.

Date of Death:  May 9, 1878

Place of burial:  River Cliff Cemetery, Mt. Gilead, Ohio

Adopted by:    Harlan Long, descendant, Josh Drouhard and Robert Whitney, descendant

Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard