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<p>A picture published in the Times Leader Evening News on June 11, 1924, shows a Civil War veteran holding the American flag at the start of a parade honoring the Grand Army of the Republic.</p><p>Nearly 300 veterans of American wars up to that time in 1924 took part in the parade marching more than one mile through Wilkes-Barre&#8217;s center city streets. Most of the veterans who marched served during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.</p><p>The man behind the flag was Israel P. Long, a Civil War veteran.</p><p>Several months after the parade, Long died at the age of 80. He was buried in Hollenback Cemetery in Wilkes-Barre on Dec. 29, 1924.</p><p>Despite Long&#8217;s grave marker mistakenly having 1925 as year of death, there is no markings indicating he is a veteran and served in the Civil War.</p><p>Long lived a notable life having been a prisoner at several Confederate prison camps, including the famed Andersonville prison during the Civil War. After he was discharged, he was among the first group of men to become policemen when Wilkes-Barre was incorporated as a city in 1871, made an unsuccessful bid at becoming the city&#8217;s police chief in 1877 and later lived the rest of his life as a mail carrier for 35 years.</p><p>Born in Huntington Township on March 22, 1844, Long worked on his family farm during his preteen and teenage years.</p><p>&#8220;Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, although a mere youngster in his teens, he took his place among the defenders of the Union, and served for more than three years, enlisting on March 2, 1862, in the 7th Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, Second Brigade,&#8221; according to Long&#8217;s obituary published in the Evening News on Dec. 27, 1924.</p><p>Enlisted as a private, Long was promoted to corporal on June 27, 1862, and was involved in several major battles during the Civil War, including Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Wilderness.</p><p>&#8220;Long saw plenty of hard service taking part in seven of the hardest battles of the rebellion. He was taken prisoner by the Confederates at the battle of Gaines Mills and a second time at the battle of the Wilderness,&#8221; says a story published in the Wilkes-Barre Record on April 2, 1917, when Long celebrated his 73rd birthday.</p><p>Long spent several months at Libby Prison and Belle Isle, when he was released in a prisoner exchange. After his capture at Wilderness, he was imprisoned at the famed Andersonville prison on May 22, 1864, and remained there for several months.</p><p>&#8220;He had some thrilling experiences as a prisoner of war, having made his escape from one prison and spent fourteen days in dense swamps, where he was pursued by bloodhounds and finally recaptured,&#8221; Long&#8217;s birthday announcement reads.</p><p>After his recapture, Long was sent to a prison in Florence, S.C. where he spent time until his release sometime in June 1865 and shortly thereafter, he was honorably discharged from the Union army on Sept. 7, 1865.</p><p>When Long returned home, he moved to Wilkes-Barre with his new bride, the former Mary C. Bogert, residing at 70 S. Main St., and was among the first policemen hired when Wilkes-Barre was incorporated as a city.</p><p>Soon after the city elected its second mayor in 1878, Long expressed his interest in becoming the city&#8217;s police chief.</p><p>&#8220;To the City Council and Citizens of the City of WilkesBarre, I ask for the appointment of Chief of Police on the Police Force of the City of WilkesBarre. I have served over eight years on the Police Force and if appointed I will try to serve the council and the citizens to the best of my ability,&#8221; according to a note Long wrote that was published in the Record of the Times newspaper on March 8, 1877.</p><p>When Long was passed over, he resigned as city policeman May 1, 1877, and became a superintendent of delivery for the city post office.</p><p>&#8220;As letter carrier, Israel P. Long was going over his route in the northern part of the city, a bolt of lightening struck a telegraph pole very near him and shivered it,&#8221; the Evening News reported July 28, 1892.</p><p>When Long retired from the postal service, it was estimated he walked a distance of 108,900 miles on his route that included the East End and North End of Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>Long was heavily involved in the Grand Army of the Republic and took part in many Union army reunions, with his last carrying the American flag for the June 11, 1924 parade. </p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Israel P. Long, second row far left, with six other Civil War veterans of the Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves. Photo was taken May 10, 1906 during Wilkes-Barre Centennial. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/web1_Israel-P-Long-Library-of-Congress-1906-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Israel P. Long, second row far left, with six other Civil War veterans of the Seventh Pennsylvania Reserves. Photo was taken May 10, 1906 during Wilkes-Barre Centennial. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/web1_Israel-P.-Long-age70-WBRecord-04021917-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Israel P. Long in 1907</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/web1_Israel-P.-Long-age70-WBRecord-04021917-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Israel P. Long in 1907</caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/web1_Israel-P-Long-parade-TL-06111924-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Israel P. Long is seen carrying the American flag at the start of a Grand Army of the Republic parade in Wilkes-Barre on June 11, 1924. Picture published in the Evening News the same day. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/web1_Israel-P-Long-parade-TL-06111924-1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Israel P. Long is seen carrying the American flag at the start of a Grand Army of the Republic parade in Wilkes-Barre on June 11, 1924. Picture published in the Evening News the same day. </caption2><photoCredit2></photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

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