William Anderson Long, according to a descendant of one of his brothers, was born 30 May 1831. His parents are well documented in** RutherfordCounty, North Carolina and the likelihood is strong that William Anderson Long was born there. Sometime between 1838 and 1839 William Anderson Long, along with his family, migrated to the Chickamauga,** WalkerCounty, Georgia area. William Anderson Long can be found accounted for on his fathers’ enumeration on the Walker County, Georgia 1840 Census. Ten years later, once again, William Anderson Long can be found in his fathers’ household on the East Chickamauga, Walker County, Georgia 1850 Census. He is 19 years young (1831), born in North Carolina. Sometime between** 20 August 1850 and 30 July 1857, William Anderson Long, with his family, migrated from the** East Chickamauga,** WalkerCounty, Georgia area to Cherokee County,** Texas. William Anderson Long and his young family can be found on the 1860 Beat # 2, Cherokee County, Texas, Post Office Rusk, Census. He is 27 years young (1833), born in** North Carolina. On 15 February 1862, William Anderson Long was enlisted into Company B, 17 Texas Cavalry, Moore’s Regiment at Larissa, Texas for 12 Months by Captain T.T. Johnson. William A Long appears on a Company Muster in Roll, a private, age 25 (1836), the Roll was dated** CampLikens18 March 1862. On** 11 January 1863 William Anderson Long was captured at Fort Hindman,** Arkansas Post, Arkansas. William Anderson Long appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War at Camp Douglas,** Illinois. He was listed under the heading “List of Sick in Hospitals Not accounted for on Rolls”, this roll was dated** 8 February 1863. William Long appears on a report of deaths of prisoners of war for the month of March 1863, in the “Disease” section it states “Pneumonia”, in the “Date of Death” section it states “March 9, 186_”. On a Muster Card for the period May & June 1863, in the “Remarks” section it states, “Died at Camp Douglas, Illinois Mch 9, 1863”. William Anderson Long left 3 young children and a widow.**

Long, William Anderson: Died at Camp Douglas POW, Illinois, 9 March 1863