Medal of Honor Monday: Army 1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing
January 16, 2020
January 16, 2020
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news story on Jan. 13:
In the past few decades, several service members from the Civil War have received posthumous Medals of Honor for their actions in keeping our nation together more than 150 years ago. One of them was Army 1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing, who helped stop Confederate soldiers from breaking through the Union line during Confederate Maj. Gen. George Pickett's famous charge at the Battle of Getty . . .
In the past few decades, several service members from the Civil War have received posthumous Medals of Honor for their actions in keeping our nation together more than 150 years ago. One of them was Army 1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing, who helped stop Confederate soldiers from breaking through the Union line during Confederate Maj. Gen. George Pickett's famous charge at the Battle of Getty . . .