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SERGEANT MOSES F. LONG CARTE DE VISTE – KIA
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 1862, 4TH
MAINE INFANTRY: A wonderful find, this 4” by 2
¼” Carte de Viste is in excellent condition and pictures
a Union Army Sergeant seated, dressed in a frock coat.
The reverse of the image is annotated in ink, “John
Miller, your father; Moses F. Long, Moses’ father;
Killed at Fredericksburg – 1862 Dec 18” and is printed
with the photographer’s mark, “A. H. Dresser, Blue Hill,
Maine.”.
Upon researching the names and information contained in
this inscription, the following information was
uncovered. Moses F. Long was born in Blue Hill, Maine
in about 1838, and married a home town girl, Margaret
Townes in Blue Hill on February 14, 1856. They had two
children, the second and germane to this CDV, Moses
Albert Long was born in Jun of 1862 in Blue Hill,
explaining the “Moses father” noted in the inscription.
Moses F. Long enlisted on November 9, 1861 in Company H,
4th Maine Infantry Regiment giving his age as
25 and his residence as Blue Hill.
The regimental history records that the 4th
Maine Infantry participated in the Battle of
Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 13, 1862.
According to the Annual Report of the Adjutant General
of the State of Maine for the year ending December 31,
1863, Sergeant Moses F. Long died on December 18, 1862,
from wounds received on December 13, 1862, the date of
the unit’s participation in the battle at
Fredericksburg. Moses’ widow Margaret remarried and in
1863, and again in 1877, Margaret applied for pension
benefits for Moses’ service as the guardian of their two
children. In addition to the CDV, you will receive
photocopies of the pension file record, family
genealogical records, US Census records, and a unit
history of the 4th Maine Infantry during the
Civil War. This is a significant image recording a
Civil War Combat Veteran, and a casualty of that
terrible war in one of the more infamous engagements.
There is more research that could be done to track the
events of that day in December of 1862 to obtain a
better fix on the circumstances of the Sergeant’s death
and would open a portal for a very personal view of the
Civil War. SOLD
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