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John M Long

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John M Long Veteran

Birth
Wisconsin, USA
Death
29 Mar 1865 (aged 15)
Tennessee, USA
Burial
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.0328778, Longitude: -85.2890833
Plot
D, 12448
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Long, John M.—Enlisted 14 February 1865, 18 years old, as a musician in Co. B, 151
st
Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5'3 ½" tall; auburn hair; gray eyes; laborer; born in
Wisconsin. Died 28 March 1865 of disease in a hospital at Chattanooga or Nashville,
Tennessee.
Long, John M.—Civil War Pension Application, National Archives, Washington, DC:
Born 17 September 1849. His mother was Nancy Jordan. John's parents were married on June 8, 1837, and his father died 8 June 1852. Nancy Jordan remarried Joseph Jordan on
17 March 1857. By 1858 Jordan was sick and unable to support the family. When John
Long enlisted, there were 3 other siblings under 16 years of age at home: James born 17
September 1849 and died 26 July 1870; Nancy, born 22 January 1851; and Ranthan, who
Nancy wrote died in the same service.
Long, John M.—Enlisted 14 February 1865, 18 years old, as a musician in Co. B, 151
st
Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5'3 ½" tall; auburn hair; gray eyes; laborer; born in
Wisconsin. Died 28 March 1865 of disease in a hospital at Chattanooga or Nashville,
Tennessee.
Long, John M.—Civil War Pension Application, National Archives, Washington, DC:
Born 17 September 1849. His mother was Nancy Jordan. John's parents were married on June 8, 1837, and his father died 8 June 1852. Nancy Jordan remarried Joseph Jordan on
17 March 1857. By 1858 Jordan was sick and unable to support the family. When John
Long enlisted, there were 3 other siblings under 16 years of age at home: James born 17
September 1849 and died 26 July 1870; Nancy, born 22 January 1851; and Ranthan, who
Nancy wrote died in the same service.

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