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Alonzo Hereford Cushing (January 19, 1841 – July 3, 1863) was an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.He was killed in action during the Battle of Gettysburg while defending the Union position on Cemetery Ridge against Pickett's Charge.
Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing- commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg; killed in action; 1st Lieutenant Evan Thomas; 1st Lieutenant Horatio B. Reed; 2nd Lieutenant Samuel Canby - commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg after Lt Cushing was wounded and until he was wounded in action
Füger's five-year enlistment was set to expire in 1861 when Confederate forces fired during the Battle of Fort Sumter, the first engagement of the American Civil War. He reenlisted and was promoted to 1st sergeant of Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery under the command of Lt. Alonzo Cushing.
The Alonzo Cushing Marker indicates the "spot where Lt. Alonzo Cushing was mortally wounded" [4] [5] The 1887 Lewis A. Armistead Marker [ 6 ] marks the spot where Confederate General Lewis Armistead placed his hand on a Union cannon before collapsing with mortal wounds. [ 7 ]
Cushing saw action during the Battle of Hampton Roads and at Fort Fisher, [2] among many others. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1862, and to commander in 1872. [3] Two of his brothers died in uniform, Alonzo H. Cushing in the Battle of Gettysburg, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor, [4] and Howard B. Cushing, while fighting the Chiricahua Apaches in 1871. [5]
After the service, two of Buford's staff, Captains Keogh and Wadsworth, escorted his body to West Point, where he was buried alongside fellow Gettysburg hero Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing, who had died defending the "high ground" (Cemetery Ridge) that Buford had chosen. In 1865, a 25-foot obelisk style monument was erected over his grave, financed ...
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Pennsylvania. On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham ...
Cushing belonged to a family which won deserved renown throughout the Civil War. One brother, William Barker Cushing, was known for his defeat of a Confederate ironclad, the CSS Albemarle; another, Alonzo Cushing, died at his post of duty on the battlefield of Gettysburg in the Union Army earning him a belated (2014) Medal of Honor. [4]