Armistead Lindsay Long (September 13, 1825 – April 29, 1891) was a brigadier general for the Confederate States of America, and the author of the 1886 book Memoirs of Robert E. Lee.

[1] He was appointed second lieutenant June 30, 1851,[2] and served for two years at Fort Moultrie before being assigned to frontier duty in New Mexico.

[1] After two years on the frontier, he was moved back to Fort McHenry and Barrancas Barracks and promoted to first lieutenant on July 1, 1854.

[2] In 1855 he was sent back for five more years of frontier-duty, this time serving in Kansas, Nebraska and Indian Territory with a brief stint at Fort Monroe.

[1] Long was transferred to the southern coast as chief of artillery for both Generals John C. Pemberton and Robert E. Lee.

Long commanded the artillery through the Overland Campaign, including the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor.

Suffering from facial Neuralgia,[8] he surrendered with the remnants of Lee's army at Appomattox Court House in April 1865.

Following three years of ill health[8] after the death of his eldest son, Long died in Charlottesville after requesting that his daughter build a fire in his room and bring him coffee.