Alonzo Cushing
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1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing (left) poses with other Union troops during the Civil War. Cushing is expected to be awarded the Medal of Honor nearly 150 years after he died defending a Union position during Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. (Wisconsin Historical Society via Associated Press)
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Alonzo Cushing photo provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society shows First Lt. Alonzo Cushing. A Civil War soldier is to be honored with the nation's highest military decoration 151 years after his death.The White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama will give the Medal of Honor to Alonzo H. Cushing. His descendants and Civil War buffs have been pushing for the Union Army lieutenant killed at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to receive the award. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Historical Society)
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Kentucky lawyer Kent Masterson Brown spent years researching and writing a book about Lt. Alonzo Cushing. (Kent Masterson Brown)
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Alonzo Cushing
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Lt. Alonzo Cushing (far left), shown with other Union officers, commanded an artillery battery that helped repulse Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg in 1863 and was killed during the fighting. Supporters are near their goal of having a posthumous Medal of Honor awarded for him. (Wisconsin Historical Society via Associated Press)
