Alonzo Cushing, Gettysburg Major, Posthumously Awarded Medal of Honor

Alonzo Cushing, Gettysburg Major, Posthumously Awarded Medal of Honor

Jun 28 , 2026

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The roar of cannon fire cleaves the July air. Smoke chokes the line. Men fall around him like wheat in the harvest. But Major Alonzo Cushing remains. Blood seeps from shattered legs, yet his finger...

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Alonzo Cushing’s Gettysburg Sacrifice and Medal of Honor

Alonzo Cushing’s Gettysburg Sacrifice and Medal of Honor

Jun 16 , 2026

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Alonzo Cushing knew the angle of death. The crack of musket and cannon fire was a symphony he gripped like a vice. As Confederate troops surged forward on July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg, he refused to...

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Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Valor and His Posthumous Medal of Honor

Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Valor and His Posthumous Medal of Honor

May 22 , 2026

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Alonzo Cushing manned his cannon at Gettysburg as the world burned around him. Bullets tore the air. Flesh and metal screamed. His legs shattered beneath him, but his grip never faltered. The guns ...

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Alfred B. Hilton Bearing the Colors at Fort Wagner

Alfred B. Hilton Bearing the Colors at Fort Wagner

May 20 , 2026

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Alfred B. Hilton stood in the maelstrom of Fort Wagner, the air thick with gunpowder and death. Amidst the shrieks and chaos, he gripped the battered colors with fractured hands, the stars and stri...

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Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Sacrifice and Medal of Honor

Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Sacrifice and Medal of Honor

May 20 , 2026

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Alonzo Cushing knelt amid the thundering roar of Irishtown Ridge, cannon smoke choking the air, blood slick beneath his trembling hands. The Confederate assault crashed like a tidal wave, yet he st...

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Alfred B. Hilton and the Flag That Would Not Fall at Fort Wagner

Alfred B. Hilton and the Flag That Would Not Fall at Fort Wagner

May 15 , 2026

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Alfred B. Hilton gripped the flagstaff through blood and fire as Fort Wagner crumbled around him. Wounded worse than most could bear, he stood tall amid chaos — the colors aloft, unbowed. The roar ...

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