Cushing to get medal of hnor

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://news.msn.com/us/obama-to-awar...il-war-soldier

As he should. Glad its being given, Cushing's actions were simply incredible. Back in late march, standing at the high water mark....just so hard to describe the feeling of standing there and imagining all that happened.

That's really neat. I did a self-walking tour of the battlefield years and years ago, but I can't remember if he was mentioned. I'll have to go back next time I visit the parents and see if he is mentioned now (they've done a lot of renovations since last time I was there).

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

That's really neat. I did a self-walking tour of the battlefield years and years ago, but I can't remember if he was mentioned. I'll have to go back next time I visit the parents and see if he is mentioned now (they've done a lot of renovations since last time I was there).

i think they bring it up during the audio tour-but i just remember his story from other books i've read over the years.
shelby foote, james mcpherson-and i'm pretty sure he's included in 'the killer angels'.
i hadn't been there since i was probably around 12 years old. we stood on the side (well, i did, i think tony stayed in the car) where the south started their doomed 'pickets charge'. i thought ya gotta be kidding me. it was suicide.
and then to stand on the other side....the bloody angle (several battlefields had a spot so named) is just chilling to stand and contemplate.
another touching story was of lew armistead. he was a good friend of winfield scott hancock and served with him in california. when war broke out, they separated with armistead going to join the south. he was shot coming over the wall at the angle on that third day. he died a couple days later; he had a soldier carry his effects to hancock, who had also been wounded.
fathers and sons fought each other, cousins, brothers, friends...just sad. and all for such a bad cause.

oh, and a neat tidbit of trivia....
ben hur, written by lew wallace, a northern general.