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Alonzo Cushing
Alonzo Hersford Cushing (January 19, 1841 – July 3, 1863) was an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He died at the Battle of Gettysburg while defending the Union position on Cemetery Ridge against Pickett's Charge. Action was undertaken in 2013, 150 years after Cushing's death, to award him the Medal of Honor. The nomination was approved by the United States Congress, and was sent for review by the Defense Department and the President.〔(Civil War hero on track to receive Medal of Honor ), latimes.com; accessed November 6, 2014.〕〔(Medal of Honor for Civil War hero, Lt. Alonzo Cushing ), washingtontimes.com; November 5, 2014; accessed November 7, 2014.〕
On August 26, 2014, the White House announced he would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. President Obama awarded him the medal on November 6, 2014, in a White House ceremony attended by Cushing's distant cousins, Frederic Stevens Sater and Frederic Cushing Stevens III, and their families, although his closest relation was Helen Bird Loring Ensign, a first cousin twice removed. Cushing left no direct descendants.〔(Medal of Honor ceremony ), c-span.org; accessed November 6, 2014.〕
==Early life==
Cushing was born in what is now the city of Delafield, Wisconsin and raised in Fredonia, New York. His younger brother was future Union Navy officer Lt. William B. Cushing. They were the youngest of four brothers who eventually served in the Union forces (Their brother Howard was also killed while fighting the Chiricahua in 1871).〔(SUVCW Camp #5 website ), suvcw-wi.org; accessed November 7, 2014.〕
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