Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Medal of Honor, finally, for Gettysburg hero
More than 151 years after his heroic service at Gettysburg, 1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing, a Union battery commander, will receive the
Medal of Honor posthumously, the White House announced. "He does deserve it without a doubt," said John Heiser, historian at
Gettysburg National Military Park. "The tragedy is ... that it should
have been awarded long, long ago." • Article
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Alonzo's brother William should also receive a MoH for his sinking of the CSS Albemarle, and his leading a cutlass charge (!) on Fort Fisher.
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