Alonzo Cushing's Last Stand at Gettysburg and Medal of Honor

Alonzo Cushing's Last Stand at Gettysburg and Medal of Honor

Feb 18 , 2026

Infidel Co.

Alonzo Cushing knelt behind his battery on Cemetery Ridge, blood pouring from a wound that should have ended him. His hand gripped the lanyard, dragging down the firing cord again and again. The Co...

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How Alonzo Cushing's Stand at Gettysburg Earned the Medal of Honor

How Alonzo Cushing's Stand at Gettysburg Earned the Medal of Honor

Feb 15 , 2026

Infidel Co.

Alonzo Cushing gripped the cold iron of his cannon as musket balls whistled past, one after another tearing through the air like death’s own choir. Pain blistered in his chest, but his finger never...

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Alonzo Cushing's Final Stand at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863

Alonzo Cushing's Final Stand at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863

Feb 14 , 2026

Infidel Co.

The guns roared. The smoke choked the sky. Amid the thunder of cannon and cries of dying men, a young artillery officer refused to quit. Blood poured from his wounds, yet he remained at his post—st...

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Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Stand and Posthumous Medal of Honor

Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Stand and Posthumous Medal of Honor

Feb 12 , 2026

Infidel Co.

The cannon roared beneath a blood-red sky. Amid screams and thunder, Alonzo Cushing gripped the limber chains with broken hands. Wounds opened, pain flared, but still the guns fired. Every shot was...

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Alonzo Cushing at Gettysburg and His Medal of Honor

Alonzo Cushing at Gettysburg and His Medal of Honor

Feb 10 , 2026

Infidel Co.

The guns roared and tears burned behind Alonzo Cushing’s eyes. Blood spilled over his hands as shells kept screaming from his battery atop Cemetery Ridge. The Union line cracked beneath relentless ...

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Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Stand That Earned a Medal of Honor

Alonzo Cushing's Gettysburg Stand That Earned a Medal of Honor

Feb 06 , 2026

Infidel Co.

The air was thick with smoke and pain. Cannon fire crashed around the crest of Cemetery Ridge. Lt. Alonzo Cushing gripped the iron bar, his hands slick with blood. A bullet tore through his chest—s...

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