Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Stand and Medal of Honor Legacy

Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Stand and Medal of Honor Legacy

Nov 30 , 2025

Infidel Co.

Blood on the cannon’s touchhole. Hands shaking; yet the salvo fires—again and again. No time for retreat. No thought of surrender. Just resolve carved deep into bone and spirit. That was Alonzo Cus...

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Alonzo Cushing's Stand at Gettysburg Saved the Union Line

Alonzo Cushing's Stand at Gettysburg Saved the Union Line

Nov 29 , 2025

Infidel Co.

Pain. Fire. The roar of cannon louder than any prayer. The line trembles beneath a sky bleeding smoke. There he stands, 22 years old, a young artillery officer named Alonzo Cushing. Mortally wounde...

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Alonzo Cushing and the Courage That Held Gettysburg's Ridge

Alonzo Cushing and the Courage That Held Gettysburg's Ridge

Nov 27 , 2025

Infidel Co.

Blood and iron, sweat and grit — on July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg, a young artillery officer stared death in the eye and spat defiance. Mortally wounded yet unyielding, Alonzo Cushing manned his batt...

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Alonzo Cushing at Gettysburg and the 151-Year Medal of Honor

Alonzo Cushing at Gettysburg and the 151-Year Medal of Honor

Nov 27 , 2025

Infidel Co.

Blood runs thicker than glory. Alonzo Cushing’s hands shook the earth itself at Gettysburg, locked on his cannon's wheel as bullets tore through the air around him. Mortally wounded, soaked in bloo...

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Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Heroism and Medal of Honor

Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Heroism and Medal of Honor

Nov 26 , 2025

Infidel Co.

Alonzo Cushing knelt behind his artillery piece in the swirl of Gettysburg’s second day. Exhausted men fell around him under a storm of rebel musket fire. One cannon cracked loose near his ear—anot...

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Alonzo Cushing and the Gettysburg Guns That Held the Line

Alonzo Cushing and the Gettysburg Guns That Held the Line

Nov 24 , 2025

Infidel Co.

The air thickened with smoke and sweat. Nine guns lined Cemetery Ridge, but as Confederate troops surged, only one man stood unbowed—artillery captain Alonzo Cushing. Wounded again, bleeding from ...

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