Cushing, Alonzo Hereford

Life Span
to
Full name
Alonzo Hereford Cushing
Place of Birth
Delafield, WI
Burial Place
West Point Cemetery, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
9
No. of Spouses
0
Family
Milton Buckingham Cushing (father), Mary Barker Smith Cushing (mother), William Barker Cushing (brother)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
Midshipman William Barker Cushing writes of "the huge weight of the crisis" on the U.S. Naval Academy
Lee's attack on the Union center ends with the failure of Pickett's Charge
Date Title
New York Times, “Details From Our Special Correspondent,” July 6, 1863
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