From Tennessee History Quarterly "Tennessee's Confederate Marines: Memphis Detachment" by David M. Sullivan.
James Long was at the famed Battle of Hampton Roads for both days, including of course, the historic battle between the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor. Not only was he there, but he was also on the Virginia.
Inside the Virginia's iron walls were 14 Tennesseans, including Acting Midshipmen Robert Chester Foute and James Crosby Long. Also, there were 12 enlisted men of the Confederate States Marine Corps. The Marines had been recruited from rivermen, dock workers and roustabouts who had been recruited in Memphis in the summer of 1861.
The book says that Long became an officer on the CSS Virginia on March 1, 1862, right before the battle. Foute arrived just two weeks earlier on February 12, 1862.
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