By Jessica Loring
Told through family letters and other contemporary sources, this book is the story of a boy from Fredonia, NY, who was enrolled in the U.S. Army Military Academy at West Point at age sixteen, full of mischief and pranks, playing whist, getting demerits and mediocre grades, and who matures into a serious student and professional soldier.
Alonzo Cushing’s maturity and leadership were acknowledged during his later West Point years and throughout his service at key Civil War battles. Ultimately, 22-year-old Lon stood his ground at Gettysburg commanding an artillery battery, accepting death while holding back the greatest Confederate charge in the history of the Civil War.
On a November day in 2014, over 151 years after the battle of Gettysburg, First Lieutenant Alonzo Hereford Cushing posthumously received the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama.
The quintessential story of a young American told in this book in part in his own words gives meaning in a personal way to the otherwise hackneyed phrase, “he made the ultimate sacrifice for his country.”
Hardcover; 488 pgs.
By Jessica Loring
Told through family letters and other contemporary sources, this book is the story of a boy from Fredonia, NY, who was enrolled in the U.S. Army Military Academy at West Point at age sixteen, full of mischief and pranks, playing whist, getting demerits and mediocre grades, and who matures into a serious student and professional soldier.
Alonzo Cushing’s maturity and leadership were acknowledged during his later West Point years and throughout his service at key Civil War battles. Ultimately, 22-year-old Lon stood his ground at Gettysburg commanding an artillery battery, accepting death while holding back the greatest Confederate charge in the history of the Civil War.
On a November day in 2014, over 151 years after the battle of Gettysburg, First Lieutenant Alonzo Hereford Cushing posthumously received the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama.
The quintessential story of a young American told in this book in part in his own words gives meaning in a personal way to the otherwise hackneyed phrase, “he made the ultimate sacrifice for his country.”
Hardcover; 488 pgs.
