John Henry Long
Born: 26 May 1836, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Died: 20 Feb 1910, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
He was the only child of George Adam Long and Elizabeth Cuthbertson.
He married Margaret Narcissus Polk, the daughter of George Washington Polk and Margaret Garmon, sometime after Aug 1860 but before Jan 1861 because he is listed as part of George Adam Long's Household on the 1860 Census when it reached them in August. The census does not list Margaret Polk Long as being part of the Household at that time.
He served in the Civil War with the 1st North Carolina Volunteers, under the command of Colonel Daniel Harvey Hill, who was a Brother-In Law to Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson, CSA. The regiment was later redesignated as the 11th North Carolina Bethel Volunteers, because state Troops were already numbered 1-10, and to alleviate confusion , was redesignated as the 11th. After six months, the eleventh was mustered out of service, It was re-mustered in as the 11th North Carolina Volunteers (North Carolina Troops, Vol. V, pp. 1-3), organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, NC, until March 1862 when it was ordered into the Wilmington, NC area, at Topsail Sound, later at Confederate Point, near Fort Fisher (North Carolina Troops, Vol . V, pp. 1 -3). He was promoted to First Lieutenant, and through the act of then Governor Zebulon Vance, he was appointed a Colonel. So far, there' s no record of discharge or capture, so he probably served until war's end in 1865 (Civil War Records, M230 Roll 24).
It later became a part of the Army of Northern Virginia and fought at Gettysburg, PA, on July 1-3 1863.
Because of the heroic actions of this regiment at the Battle of Falls, or Bethel, Church, Va around 10 Jun 1861, it earned the name of Bethel Regiment (For a description of the Battle, see book 'The Civil War: Strange and Amazing Facts, Chapter Four: The First Battle' pp.34-37) . When the 11th North Carolina Volunteers Bethel Regiment was re-mustered in on March 1862, many members of the original 1st/11th North Carolina Regiment Volunteers joined up as well as new ones. An incident that his regiment took part in at Camp Wyatt, Confederate point, was as follows, as recorded in the Wrightsville Beach Magazine :
Shortly before dawn on June 27, 1862 the Steam Freighter/Blockade Runner Modern Greece ran aground off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina trying to pierce the Union Blockade at Wilmington. Because of its slightly deeper draft (10-12 foot), it would only be marginally suited for Blockade Running. Around 4:00-4:15 am on that morning , the USS Stars and Stripes and the USS Cambridge spotted her and closed in . The Cambridge signaled the Stars and Stripes 'enemy in sight' and fired a warning shot at the Modern Greece as the two Federal Vessels closed in. The Modern Greece's Captain immediately raised the British Union Jack (the ship was of British registry) to indicate his neutrality as a British citizen, while at the same time pressing full steam ahead for New Inlet. The chase ended abruptly when the ship ran aground about a half mile north of Fort Fisher.
Several Officers commented about the incident, both Union and Confederate:
Union Commander William A. Parker said: "She was necessarily beached in consequence of our continually firing on her." On the other hand, Confederate General Samuel G. French, commander of the district of Cape Fear, informed the War department in Richmond: "We have sunk her. " Another Confederate officer claimed: "Her draft being too great to enter, the commander of the fort, fearing capture, sunk her outside the bar."
In any case, after the Stars and Stripes and the Cambridge were driven off by the guns of Fort Fisher, the crew abandoned ship and swam to shore. Oddly enough, some of Fort Fisher's shots went to the Modern Greece. The Union Commander, Commander Parker, was puzzled about this, the fort firing on it's own ship. "We were unable to account for this manuever at the time," he began, "but I have since learned that the officer at the fort fired at the steamer solid shot to admit water into her and thus prevent our shells from exploding the large quanity of powder in her hold, and also to insure her sinking in case we should try towing her off the beach."
The Richmond Daily Dispatch later reported, fairly accurately , as it turned out, that she was carrying 100 tons of gunpowder on board.
Both the Stars and Stripes and the Cambridge kept up a steady fire on the vessel for almost three hours before suspending the attack . They returned the next morning and moved in for a second round of shelling, this time with the intention of destroying the remains of the vessel. However, the guns at Fort Fisher started making well-directed shots at the two Union vessels, forcing them to withdraw.
Confederate General French assigned the salvage operations to Colonel Leventhorpe, whose unit, the 11 North Carolina Bethel troops, who were stationed at Camp Wyatt on Confederate point, only about a half a mile from the shipwreck. In less than 48 hours, Colonel Leventhorpe "got out and landed a large quanity of arms." Leventhorpe supervised the work on the Modern Greece for one week before being relieved by Colonel William Lamb-the newly appointed commander of Fort Fisher.
Hundreds of soldiers, mostly from Fort Fisher and Camp Wyatt (named after the only Confederate Casualty at Bethel Church), performed the salvage work, and sometimes under dangerous conditions. The Cambridge and Stars and Stripes, assisted by the USS Monticello, were lobbing shells at the Modern Greece, trying to disrupt the salvage operation. The Confederates saved about 2,000 tons of war material as well as civilian products from the Modern Greece (Wrightsville Beach Magazine, June 2013, Volume 14, Issue 6, pp.23-27).
From after the Civil War to at least 1880, John Henry Long was a Farmer. He served as an Enumerator for the 1880 census for his district, and from one marriage record regarding his half-sister, Martha C . "Mattie" Long to Leander Helms on 22 Oct 1871, he served as Justice of the Peace. Later he served as County Surveyor for Cabarrus County (The Long Side of the Story, by Margaret McInnis Morrison , p.27).
John Henry Long and Margaret Polk had 11 children that all survived to adulthood. They were:
Henry Cyrus Long Sr. (b. Dec 4, 1861 d. May 1, 1931), David McDonald Long (b. Nov 1, 1863 d. Mar 26 1941), Margaret Elizabeth "Lizzie" Long (b. Feb 25, 1866 d. Jul 13, 1939), George Alexander Long (b. Jul 27, 1868 d. Feb 28, 1928), John William "Willie" Banks Long (b. Jul 24, 1871 d. May 22, 1933), Walter Baxter Long (b. Sep 26, 1873 d. Aug 5, 1957), Murray Caldwell Long (b. Dec 24, 1875 d. Feb 22, 1917), Seybern Hoyle Long (b. Oct 23, 1878 d. Dec 31 1950), Clementine Cornelia "Clemmie" Long (b. Apr 1, 1881 d. Jan 7, 1931), Elizabeth Florence Long (b. Jan 10, 1884 d. Mar 21, 1960), Reece Ira Long (b. May 5, 1886 d. Nov 16, 1942)
Sources
Birth 26 May 1836, Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Find-A-Grave Number 17198426
1850 Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Union, North Carolina; Roll: 647; Page: 72B
1860 Monroe, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Union, North Carolina; Page: 424; Family History Library Film: 803915
1870 Goose Creek, Oak Grove Section, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1161; Page: 540A; Family History Library Film: 552660
1880 Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina; Roll: 984; Page: 475C; Enumeration District: 215 (Note: If you look at the name of the Census Ennumerator, it was John Henry Long himself!)
1900 Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: MT Pleasant, Cabarrus, North Carolina; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1241185
Death, 20 Feb 1910, Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007)
Buried 21 Feb 1910, Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA, Find-A-Grave # 17198426
Born: 26 May 1836, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Died: 20 Feb 1910, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
He was the only child of George Adam Long and Elizabeth Cuthbertson.
He married Margaret Narcissus Polk, the daughter of George Washington Polk and Margaret Garmon, sometime after Aug 1860 but before Jan 1861 because he is listed as part of George Adam Long's Household on the 1860 Census when it reached them in August. The census does not list Margaret Polk Long as being part of the Household at that time.
He served in the Civil War with the 1st North Carolina Volunteers, under the command of Colonel Daniel Harvey Hill, who was a Brother-In Law to Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson, CSA. The regiment was later redesignated as the 11th North Carolina Bethel Volunteers, because state Troops were already numbered 1-10, and to alleviate confusion , was redesignated as the 11th. After six months, the eleventh was mustered out of service, It was re-mustered in as the 11th North Carolina Volunteers (North Carolina Troops, Vol. V, pp. 1-3), organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, NC, until March 1862 when it was ordered into the Wilmington, NC area, at Topsail Sound, later at Confederate Point, near Fort Fisher (North Carolina Troops, Vol . V, pp. 1 -3). He was promoted to First Lieutenant, and through the act of then Governor Zebulon Vance, he was appointed a Colonel. So far, there' s no record of discharge or capture, so he probably served until war's end in 1865 (Civil War Records, M230 Roll 24).
It later became a part of the Army of Northern Virginia and fought at Gettysburg, PA, on July 1-3 1863.
Because of the heroic actions of this regiment at the Battle of Falls, or Bethel, Church, Va around 10 Jun 1861, it earned the name of Bethel Regiment (For a description of the Battle, see book 'The Civil War: Strange and Amazing Facts, Chapter Four: The First Battle' pp.34-37) . When the 11th North Carolina Volunteers Bethel Regiment was re-mustered in on March 1862, many members of the original 1st/11th North Carolina Regiment Volunteers joined up as well as new ones. An incident that his regiment took part in at Camp Wyatt, Confederate point, was as follows, as recorded in the Wrightsville Beach Magazine :
Shortly before dawn on June 27, 1862 the Steam Freighter/Blockade Runner Modern Greece ran aground off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina trying to pierce the Union Blockade at Wilmington. Because of its slightly deeper draft (10-12 foot), it would only be marginally suited for Blockade Running. Around 4:00-4:15 am on that morning , the USS Stars and Stripes and the USS Cambridge spotted her and closed in . The Cambridge signaled the Stars and Stripes 'enemy in sight' and fired a warning shot at the Modern Greece as the two Federal Vessels closed in. The Modern Greece's Captain immediately raised the British Union Jack (the ship was of British registry) to indicate his neutrality as a British citizen, while at the same time pressing full steam ahead for New Inlet. The chase ended abruptly when the ship ran aground about a half mile north of Fort Fisher.
Several Officers commented about the incident, both Union and Confederate:
Union Commander William A. Parker said: "She was necessarily beached in consequence of our continually firing on her." On the other hand, Confederate General Samuel G. French, commander of the district of Cape Fear, informed the War department in Richmond: "We have sunk her. " Another Confederate officer claimed: "Her draft being too great to enter, the commander of the fort, fearing capture, sunk her outside the bar."
In any case, after the Stars and Stripes and the Cambridge were driven off by the guns of Fort Fisher, the crew abandoned ship and swam to shore. Oddly enough, some of Fort Fisher's shots went to the Modern Greece. The Union Commander, Commander Parker, was puzzled about this, the fort firing on it's own ship. "We were unable to account for this manuever at the time," he began, "but I have since learned that the officer at the fort fired at the steamer solid shot to admit water into her and thus prevent our shells from exploding the large quanity of powder in her hold, and also to insure her sinking in case we should try towing her off the beach."
The Richmond Daily Dispatch later reported, fairly accurately , as it turned out, that she was carrying 100 tons of gunpowder on board.
Both the Stars and Stripes and the Cambridge kept up a steady fire on the vessel for almost three hours before suspending the attack . They returned the next morning and moved in for a second round of shelling, this time with the intention of destroying the remains of the vessel. However, the guns at Fort Fisher started making well-directed shots at the two Union vessels, forcing them to withdraw.
Confederate General French assigned the salvage operations to Colonel Leventhorpe, whose unit, the 11 North Carolina Bethel troops, who were stationed at Camp Wyatt on Confederate point, only about a half a mile from the shipwreck. In less than 48 hours, Colonel Leventhorpe "got out and landed a large quanity of arms." Leventhorpe supervised the work on the Modern Greece for one week before being relieved by Colonel William Lamb-the newly appointed commander of Fort Fisher.
Hundreds of soldiers, mostly from Fort Fisher and Camp Wyatt (named after the only Confederate Casualty at Bethel Church), performed the salvage work, and sometimes under dangerous conditions. The Cambridge and Stars and Stripes, assisted by the USS Monticello, were lobbing shells at the Modern Greece, trying to disrupt the salvage operation. The Confederates saved about 2,000 tons of war material as well as civilian products from the Modern Greece (Wrightsville Beach Magazine, June 2013, Volume 14, Issue 6, pp.23-27).
From after the Civil War to at least 1880, John Henry Long was a Farmer. He served as an Enumerator for the 1880 census for his district, and from one marriage record regarding his half-sister, Martha C . "Mattie" Long to Leander Helms on 22 Oct 1871, he served as Justice of the Peace. Later he served as County Surveyor for Cabarrus County (The Long Side of the Story, by Margaret McInnis Morrison , p.27).
John Henry Long and Margaret Polk had 11 children that all survived to adulthood. They were:
Henry Cyrus Long Sr. (b. Dec 4, 1861 d. May 1, 1931), David McDonald Long (b. Nov 1, 1863 d. Mar 26 1941), Margaret Elizabeth "Lizzie" Long (b. Feb 25, 1866 d. Jul 13, 1939), George Alexander Long (b. Jul 27, 1868 d. Feb 28, 1928), John William "Willie" Banks Long (b. Jul 24, 1871 d. May 22, 1933), Walter Baxter Long (b. Sep 26, 1873 d. Aug 5, 1957), Murray Caldwell Long (b. Dec 24, 1875 d. Feb 22, 1917), Seybern Hoyle Long (b. Oct 23, 1878 d. Dec 31 1950), Clementine Cornelia "Clemmie" Long (b. Apr 1, 1881 d. Jan 7, 1931), Elizabeth Florence Long (b. Jan 10, 1884 d. Mar 21, 1960), Reece Ira Long (b. May 5, 1886 d. Nov 16, 1942)
Sources
Birth 26 May 1836, Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Find-A-Grave Number 17198426
1850 Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Union, North Carolina; Roll: 647; Page: 72B
1860 Monroe, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Union, North Carolina; Page: 424; Family History Library Film: 803915
1870 Goose Creek, Oak Grove Section, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1161; Page: 540A; Family History Library Film: 552660
1880 Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina; Roll: 984; Page: 475C; Enumeration District: 215 (Note: If you look at the name of the Census Ennumerator, it was John Henry Long himself!)
1900 Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: MT Pleasant, Cabarrus, North Carolina; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1241185
Death, 20 Feb 1910, Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007)
Buried 21 Feb 1910, Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA, Find-A-Grave # 17198426
John Henry Long
Born: 26 May 1836, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Died: 20 Feb 1910, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
He was the only child of George Adam Long and Elizabeth Cuthbertson.
He married Margaret Narcissus Polk, the daughter of George Washington Polk and Margaret Garmon, sometime after Aug 1860 but before Jan 1861 because he is listed as part of George Adam Long's Household on the 1860 Census when it reached them in August. The census does not list Margaret Polk Long as being part of the Household at that time.
He served in the Civil War with the 1st North Carolina Volunteers, under the command of Colonel Daniel Harvey Hill, who was a Brother-In Law to Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson, CSA. The regiment was later redesignated as the 11th North Carolina Bethel Volunteers, because state Troops were already numbered 1-10, and to alleviate confusion , was redesignated as the 11th. After six months, the eleventh was mustered out of service, It was re-mustered in as the 11th North Carolina Volunteers (North Carolina Troops, Vol. V, pp. 1-3), organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, NC, until March 1862 when it was ordered into the Wilmington, NC area, at Topsail Sound, later at Confederate Point, near Fort Fisher (North Carolina Troops, Vol . V, pp. 1 -3). He was promoted to First Lieutenant, and through the act of then Governor Zebulon Vance, he was appointed a Colonel. So far, there' s no record of discharge or capture, so he probably served until war's end in 1865 (Civil War Records, M230 Roll 24).
It later became a part of the Army of Northern Virginia and fought at Gettysburg, PA, on July 1-3 1863.
Because of the heroic actions of this regiment at the Battle of Falls, or Bethel, Church, Va around 10 Jun 1861, it earned the name of Bethel Regiment (For a description of the Battle, see book 'The Civil War: Strange and Amazing Facts, Chapter Four: The First Battle' pp.34-37) . When the 11th North Carolina Volunteers Bethel Regiment was re-mustered in on March 1862, many members of the original 1st/11th North Carolina Regiment Volunteers joined up as well as new ones. An incident that his regiment took part in at Camp Wyatt, Confederate point, was as follows, as recorded in the Wrightsville Beach Magazine :
Shortly before dawn on June 27, 1862 the Steam Freighter/Blockade Runner Modern Greece ran aground off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina trying to pierce the Union Blockade at Wilmington. Because of its slightly deeper draft (10-12 foot), it would only be marginally suited for Blockade Running. Around 4:00-4:15 am on that morning , the USS Stars and Stripes and the USS Cambridge spotted her and closed in . The Cambridge signaled the Stars and Stripes 'enemy in sight' and fired a warning shot at the Modern Greece as the two Federal Vessels closed in. The Modern Greece's Captain immediately raised the British Union Jack (the ship was of British registry) to indicate his neutrality as a British citizen, while at the same time pressing full steam ahead for New Inlet. The chase ended abruptly when the ship ran aground about a half mile north of Fort Fisher.
Several Officers commented about the incident, both Union and Confederate:
Union Commander William A. Parker said: "She was necessarily beached in consequence of our continually firing on her." On the other hand, Confederate General Samuel G. French, commander of the district of Cape Fear, informed the War department in Richmond: "We have sunk her. " Another Confederate officer claimed: "Her draft being too great to enter, the commander of the fort, fearing capture, sunk her outside the bar."
In any case, after the Stars and Stripes and the Cambridge were driven off by the guns of Fort Fisher, the crew abandoned ship and swam to shore. Oddly enough, some of Fort Fisher's shots went to the Modern Greece. The Union Commander, Commander Parker, was puzzled about this, the fort firing on it's own ship. "We were unable to account for this manuever at the time," he began, "but I have since learned that the officer at the fort fired at the steamer solid shot to admit water into her and thus prevent our shells from exploding the large quanity of powder in her hold, and also to insure her sinking in case we should try towing her off the beach."
The Richmond Daily Dispatch later reported, fairly accurately , as it turned out, that she was carrying 100 tons of gunpowder on board.
Both the Stars and Stripes and the Cambridge kept up a steady fire on the vessel for almost three hours before suspending the attack . They returned the next morning and moved in for a second round of shelling, this time with the intention of destroying the remains of the vessel. However, the guns at Fort Fisher started making well-directed shots at the two Union vessels, forcing them to withdraw.
Confederate General French assigned the salvage operations to Colonel Leventhorpe, whose unit, the 11 North Carolina Bethel troops, who were stationed at Camp Wyatt on Confederate point, only about a half a mile from the shipwreck. In less than 48 hours, Colonel Leventhorpe "got out and landed a large quanity of arms." Leventhorpe supervised the work on the Modern Greece for one week before being relieved by Colonel William Lamb-the newly appointed commander of Fort Fisher.
Hundreds of soldiers, mostly from Fort Fisher and Camp Wyatt (named after the only Confederate Casualty at Bethel Church), performed the salvage work, and sometimes under dangerous conditions. The Cambridge and Stars and Stripes, assisted by the USS Monticello, were lobbing shells at the Modern Greece, trying to disrupt the salvage operation. The Confederates saved about 2,000 tons of war material as well as civilian products from the Modern Greece (Wrightsville Beach Magazine, June 2013, Volume 14, Issue 6, pp.23-27).
From after the Civil War to at least 1880, John Henry Long was a Farmer. He served as an Enumerator for the 1880 census for his district, and from one marriage record regarding his half-sister, Martha C . "Mattie" Long to Leander Helms on 22 Oct 1871, he served as Justice of the Peace. Later he served as County Surveyor for Cabarrus County (The Long Side of the Story, by Margaret McInnis Morrison , p.27).
John Henry Long and Margaret Polk had 11 children that all survived to adulthood. They were:
Henry Cyrus Long Sr. (b. Dec 4, 1861 d. May 1, 1931), David McDonald Long (b. Nov 1, 1863 d. Mar 26 1941), Margaret Elizabeth "Lizzie" Long (b. Feb 25, 1866 d. Jul 13, 1939), George Alexander Long (b. Jul 27, 1868 d. Feb 28, 1928), John William "Willie" Banks Long (b. Jul 24, 1871 d. May 22, 1933), Walter Baxter Long (b. Sep 26, 1873 d. Aug 5, 1957), Murray Caldwell Long (b. Dec 24, 1875 d. Feb 22, 1917), Seybern Hoyle Long (b. Oct 23, 1878 d. Dec 31 1950), Clementine Cornelia "Clemmie" Long (b. Apr 1, 1881 d. Jan 7, 1931), Elizabeth Florence Long (b. Jan 10, 1884 d. Mar 21, 1960), Reece Ira Long (b. May 5, 1886 d. Nov 16, 1942)
Sources
Birth 26 May 1836, Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Find-A-Grave Number 17198426
1850 Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Union, North Carolina; Roll: 647; Page: 72B
1860 Monroe, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Union, North Carolina; Page: 424; Family History Library Film: 803915
1870 Goose Creek, Oak Grove Section, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1161; Page: 540A; Family History Library Film: 552660
1880 Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina; Roll: 984; Page: 475C; Enumeration District: 215 (Note: If you look at the name of the Census Ennumerator, it was John Henry Long himself!)
1900 Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: MT Pleasant, Cabarrus, North Carolina; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1241185
Death, 20 Feb 1910, Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007)
Buried 21 Feb 1910, Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA, Find-A-Grave # 17198426
Born: 26 May 1836, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Died: 20 Feb 1910, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
He was the only child of George Adam Long and Elizabeth Cuthbertson.
He married Margaret Narcissus Polk, the daughter of George Washington Polk and Margaret Garmon, sometime after Aug 1860 but before Jan 1861 because he is listed as part of George Adam Long's Household on the 1860 Census when it reached them in August. The census does not list Margaret Polk Long as being part of the Household at that time.
He served in the Civil War with the 1st North Carolina Volunteers, under the command of Colonel Daniel Harvey Hill, who was a Brother-In Law to Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson, CSA. The regiment was later redesignated as the 11th North Carolina Bethel Volunteers, because state Troops were already numbered 1-10, and to alleviate confusion , was redesignated as the 11th. After six months, the eleventh was mustered out of service, It was re-mustered in as the 11th North Carolina Volunteers (North Carolina Troops, Vol. V, pp. 1-3), organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, NC, until March 1862 when it was ordered into the Wilmington, NC area, at Topsail Sound, later at Confederate Point, near Fort Fisher (North Carolina Troops, Vol . V, pp. 1 -3). He was promoted to First Lieutenant, and through the act of then Governor Zebulon Vance, he was appointed a Colonel. So far, there' s no record of discharge or capture, so he probably served until war's end in 1865 (Civil War Records, M230 Roll 24).
It later became a part of the Army of Northern Virginia and fought at Gettysburg, PA, on July 1-3 1863.
Because of the heroic actions of this regiment at the Battle of Falls, or Bethel, Church, Va around 10 Jun 1861, it earned the name of Bethel Regiment (For a description of the Battle, see book 'The Civil War: Strange and Amazing Facts, Chapter Four: The First Battle' pp.34-37) . When the 11th North Carolina Volunteers Bethel Regiment was re-mustered in on March 1862, many members of the original 1st/11th North Carolina Regiment Volunteers joined up as well as new ones. An incident that his regiment took part in at Camp Wyatt, Confederate point, was as follows, as recorded in the Wrightsville Beach Magazine :
Shortly before dawn on June 27, 1862 the Steam Freighter/Blockade Runner Modern Greece ran aground off the coast of Wilmington, North Carolina trying to pierce the Union Blockade at Wilmington. Because of its slightly deeper draft (10-12 foot), it would only be marginally suited for Blockade Running. Around 4:00-4:15 am on that morning , the USS Stars and Stripes and the USS Cambridge spotted her and closed in . The Cambridge signaled the Stars and Stripes 'enemy in sight' and fired a warning shot at the Modern Greece as the two Federal Vessels closed in. The Modern Greece's Captain immediately raised the British Union Jack (the ship was of British registry) to indicate his neutrality as a British citizen, while at the same time pressing full steam ahead for New Inlet. The chase ended abruptly when the ship ran aground about a half mile north of Fort Fisher.
Several Officers commented about the incident, both Union and Confederate:
Union Commander William A. Parker said: "She was necessarily beached in consequence of our continually firing on her." On the other hand, Confederate General Samuel G. French, commander of the district of Cape Fear, informed the War department in Richmond: "We have sunk her. " Another Confederate officer claimed: "Her draft being too great to enter, the commander of the fort, fearing capture, sunk her outside the bar."
In any case, after the Stars and Stripes and the Cambridge were driven off by the guns of Fort Fisher, the crew abandoned ship and swam to shore. Oddly enough, some of Fort Fisher's shots went to the Modern Greece. The Union Commander, Commander Parker, was puzzled about this, the fort firing on it's own ship. "We were unable to account for this manuever at the time," he began, "but I have since learned that the officer at the fort fired at the steamer solid shot to admit water into her and thus prevent our shells from exploding the large quanity of powder in her hold, and also to insure her sinking in case we should try towing her off the beach."
The Richmond Daily Dispatch later reported, fairly accurately , as it turned out, that she was carrying 100 tons of gunpowder on board.
Both the Stars and Stripes and the Cambridge kept up a steady fire on the vessel for almost three hours before suspending the attack . They returned the next morning and moved in for a second round of shelling, this time with the intention of destroying the remains of the vessel. However, the guns at Fort Fisher started making well-directed shots at the two Union vessels, forcing them to withdraw.
Confederate General French assigned the salvage operations to Colonel Leventhorpe, whose unit, the 11 North Carolina Bethel troops, who were stationed at Camp Wyatt on Confederate point, only about a half a mile from the shipwreck. In less than 48 hours, Colonel Leventhorpe "got out and landed a large quanity of arms." Leventhorpe supervised the work on the Modern Greece for one week before being relieved by Colonel William Lamb-the newly appointed commander of Fort Fisher.
Hundreds of soldiers, mostly from Fort Fisher and Camp Wyatt (named after the only Confederate Casualty at Bethel Church), performed the salvage work, and sometimes under dangerous conditions. The Cambridge and Stars and Stripes, assisted by the USS Monticello, were lobbing shells at the Modern Greece, trying to disrupt the salvage operation. The Confederates saved about 2,000 tons of war material as well as civilian products from the Modern Greece (Wrightsville Beach Magazine, June 2013, Volume 14, Issue 6, pp.23-27).
From after the Civil War to at least 1880, John Henry Long was a Farmer. He served as an Enumerator for the 1880 census for his district, and from one marriage record regarding his half-sister, Martha C . "Mattie" Long to Leander Helms on 22 Oct 1871, he served as Justice of the Peace. Later he served as County Surveyor for Cabarrus County (The Long Side of the Story, by Margaret McInnis Morrison , p.27).
John Henry Long and Margaret Polk had 11 children that all survived to adulthood. They were:
Henry Cyrus Long Sr. (b. Dec 4, 1861 d. May 1, 1931), David McDonald Long (b. Nov 1, 1863 d. Mar 26 1941), Margaret Elizabeth "Lizzie" Long (b. Feb 25, 1866 d. Jul 13, 1939), George Alexander Long (b. Jul 27, 1868 d. Feb 28, 1928), John William "Willie" Banks Long (b. Jul 24, 1871 d. May 22, 1933), Walter Baxter Long (b. Sep 26, 1873 d. Aug 5, 1957), Murray Caldwell Long (b. Dec 24, 1875 d. Feb 22, 1917), Seybern Hoyle Long (b. Oct 23, 1878 d. Dec 31 1950), Clementine Cornelia "Clemmie" Long (b. Apr 1, 1881 d. Jan 7, 1931), Elizabeth Florence Long (b. Jan 10, 1884 d. Mar 21, 1960), Reece Ira Long (b. May 5, 1886 d. Nov 16, 1942)
Sources
Birth 26 May 1836, Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Find-A-Grave Number 17198426
1850 Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Union, North Carolina; Roll: 647; Page: 72B
1860 Monroe, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Union, North Carolina; Page: 424; Family History Library Film: 803915
1870 Goose Creek, Oak Grove Section, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1161; Page: 540A; Family History Library Film: 552660
1880 Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Goose Creek, Union, North Carolina; Roll: 984; Page: 475C; Enumeration District: 215 (Note: If you look at the name of the Census Ennumerator, it was John Henry Long himself!)
1900 Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA, United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: MT Pleasant, Cabarrus, North Carolina; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0019; FHL microfilm: 1241185
Death, 20 Feb 1910, Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007)
Buried 21 Feb 1910, Oakwood Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA, Find-A-Grave # 17198426
Family Members
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Henry Cyrus Long Sr
1861–1931
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David McDonald Long
1863–1941
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Margaret Elizabeth Long McCrary
1866–1939
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George Alexander Long
1868–1928
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John William "Willie" Banks Long
1871–1933
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Walter Baxter Long
1873–1957
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Murray Caldwell Long
1875–1917
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Clementine Cornelia "Clemmie" Long
1881–1931
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Elizabeth Florence "Bessie" Long Hartsell
1884–1960
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Reece Ira Long
1886–1942
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