Moses Friend LONG^[1]

1836 - 1862  (26 years)

• Name	Moses Friend LONG
  Born	19 Jul 1836	Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Brickmaker
  Census	1850	Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine   [2]
  Military Event	Civil War - 4th ME Inf, Co H: 1st Sgt  [3]
  Served Civil War?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Cause of Death	Mortally wounded in Battle of Fredericksburg
  Died	18 Dec 1862	Fredericksburg, (independent), Virginia
  Buried	Seaside Cemetery, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine
  Person ID	I6872	Main
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Joel LONG,   b. 21 Oct 1808, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 12 Jul 1875, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Abigail “Nabby” FRIEND,   b. 13 Oct 1807, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 13 Mar 1884, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine  (Age 76 years)
  Married	8 May 1834	Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine   [4]
  	James Gillpatrick
  Family ID	F2403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Ann TOWNES,   b. 22 May 1839, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 25 Dec 1899, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 60 years)
  Married	14 Feb 1856	Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine
  Children	1. Alice LONG,   b. 1859, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine ,   d. ?   2. Moses Albert LONG,   b. 25 Jun 1862, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine ,   d. ?
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F15989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Jul 1836 - Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine Census - 1850 - Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine Married - 14 Feb 1856 - Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine Buried - - Seaside Cemetery, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  On November 14, Burnside, now in command of the Army of the Potomac, sent a corps to occupy the vicinity of Falmouth near Fredericksburg. The rest of the army soon followed. Lee reacted by entrenching his army on the heights behind the town. On December 11, Union engineers laid five pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock under fire. On the 12th, the Federal army crossed over, and on December 13, Burnside mounted a series of futile frontal assaults on Prospect Hill and Marye’s Heights that resulted in staggering casualties. Meade’s division, on the Union left flank, briefly penetrated Jackson’s line but was driven back by a counterattack. Union generals C. Feger Jackson and George Bayard, and Confederate generals Thomas R.R. Cobb and Maxey Gregg were killed. On December 15, Burnside called off the offensive and recrossed the river, ending the campaign. Burnside initiated a new offensive in January 1863, which quickly bogged down in the winter mud. The abortive “Mud March” and other failures led to Burnside’s replacement by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker in January 1863. (National Park Service) Note: The Union troops were defeated so badly they were not able to go back to the battlefield to collect the dead. Moses is probably buried at the National Cemetery in Fredericksburg in an unmarked grave. Over 80% of the Union soldiers who died were unidentified.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] Blue Hill and their families, Early settlers in, Burr, B. A. [S84] 1850 United States Federal Census. [S77] Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service. [S61] Blue Hill, ME: Vital Records, 1766-1809., Grace Limeburner.