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in Yowell Meadow Park
Major Gabriel Long (b. 1751) served as Lieutenant in Captain John Jameson's Company, Culpeper Minutemen Battalion which mustered here in the Fall, 1775 and fought victoriously at Great Bridge in December 1775 to rid Virginia of British control.Commissioned Captain of Gabriel Long's Company, Rifle Regiment, Colonel Daniel Morgan's 11th Virginia Regiment, he served all major engagements under General George Washington, the defeat of General John Burgoyne in the Saratoga Campaign, and the Siege of Yorktown. He was selected as Host Officer for General Lafayette's visit to Culpeper in 1824. Major Long died at his home near Stevensburg on February 3, 1827.
Placed in tribute to the memory of the heroes of the American Revolution, who by their sacrifices, established the United States of America, and whose deeds reaffirm our faith in the principles and our Constitutional Republic.