 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waSeptember 23, 1863, Long akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general ndokuiswa mukutungamira kwezvombo zvehondo muLt. General Richard S. Ewells Second Corps. Akanga aripo zvose zviri zviviri Bristoe Campaign uye Mine Run Campaign yakatevera. Nguva refu akatungamirira zvombo zvehondo muOverland Campaign, kusanganisira hondo dzeWilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, uye Cold Harbor. Munguva ye 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign yaEarly akashanda nguva nenguva semukuru wezvombo zvehondo zveArmy of the Valley, asi aiwanzove asipo nekuda kwekurwara. Akadzoka nevakasara vehondo kuti vabatanezve naLee neHondo yeNorthern Virginia yakapoteredza Petersburg neRichmond. Achitambura neNeuralgia yechiso, akazvipira pamwe chete nezvakasara zveuto raLee paAppomattox Court House muna Kubvumbi 1865. 