CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: JOHN B. LONG - Cherokee County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson 

JOHN B. LONG

John B. Long, of Rusk, was born in the Republic of Texas, in 
Nacogdoches county, Sept. 8, 1843.  His father, Capt. Wm. T. 
Long, was a brave Confederate soldier.  His grandfather, Col. 
Benjamin Long, was a volunteer under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the 
second war with Great Britain.  Col. Long's wife was originally 
Miss Mary Moore Dickson, granddaughter of Gen. Joseph Dickson of 
Revolutionary fame and who was a congressman from North Carolina 
in 1799/1801.  The subject of this sketch was reared upon his 
father's plantation and given a good education.  Upon the outbreak 
of the war in 1861 he enlisted in Co. C, of the Third Texas 
Cavalry, and saw hard service in Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia 
and Tennessee.  He was twice severely wounded; over the right eye 
at Yazoo City, and through both thighs during Gen. Hood's last 
campaign in Tennessee while that commander was fighting his way 
toward Nashville.  Although Mr. Long had not attained his 
eighteenth year when he entered the Confederate army, he made 
as brave and efficient trooper as any soldier who followed the 
fortunes of the lost cause.  After the war he became a planter 
and a very successful one.  In November, 1890, he was elected 
to Congress, being one of the few native Texans who had up to 
that time been chosen to that office.  He served his people in 
Washington for several years and with great credit.  On 
August 13, 1891, he was elected Master of Texas State Grange.  
He has been a member  of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for 
forty years, and is a bright Mason.  For the past twelve years 
he has been actively engaged in journalism, in which he has won 
an enviable name.  He was married April 8, 1869, to Miss Emma 
King Wiggins, of Rusk, and they have had born to them seven 
children.  Mr. Long is a man of wide influence and has always 
wielded it for good.