Cushing, William Barker

Life Span
to
Full name
William Barker Cushing
Place of Birth
Delafield, WI
Burial Place
United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, MD
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
1
No. of Children
2
Family
Milton Buckingham Cushing (father), Mary Barker Smith Cushing (mother), Alonzo Hereford Cushing (brother)
Education
Naval Academy (Annapolis)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Navy
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
Midshipman William Barker Cushing writes of "the huge weight of the crisis" on the U.S. Naval Academy
- In the Roanoke River, a daring U.S. Navy night raid sinks the Confederate warship Albemarle
How to Cite This Page: "Cushing, William Barker," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/32414.