Captain R.L.Y.Long of the Coweta Rangers on June 11 1861 enlisted at Camp McDonald, near Big Shanty, in Co.C,Phillips Legion Cavalry as firat lieutenant in a short time he was elected captain. He was in many hard fought conflicts. Spottsylvania, Court House,Gettysburg,Wilderness,Williamsburg and many others. At Williamsburg, he with 250 men,captured 1,100 men under Col.Campbell,the captain riding the same horse 125 miles in 25 hours. His Company was noted for bravery and called upon for all particular and dangerous work. He was married in Newnan to Martha Ann Powell, Oct.23,1849. Copied from Coweta County Chronicles