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| PROPOSAL TO HONOR CIVIL WAR VETERAN FROM WISCONSIN WITH MEDAL OF HONOR |
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WPR News - Proposal to honor Civil War veteran from Wisconsin with Medal of Honor
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Monday April 30, 2012
by Steve Roisum
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Two Wisconsin federal lawmakers have introduced legislation in Congress to honor a Civil War veteran.
Alonzo Cushing was born in Delafield. He was shot and killed while leading a unit of Union soldiers in the Battle of Gettysburg during Civil War. Medals of Honor were rarely awarded posthumously back then, and there's a time limit on giving out a Medal of Honor now. So, Sen. Herb Kohl and western Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind have introduced legislation to honor the veteran with the Medal of Honor. Kind says it's long overdue, "Here we have one of our own, a Wisconsin man who found well, and fought bravely and ultimately laid down his life so that our union will survive, it should have been recognized immediately but for whatever reason it was overlooked but we still have the ability to correct that."
Alonzo Cushing was one of several members of his family that served in the Union Army.
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