AP WASHINGTON — Weak and bleeding, a Union Army officer who stood fast commanding his artillery battery and ... described as a turning point of the Civil War. A distant cousin, Helen Loring ...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama awarded Civil War artillery officer Alonzo Cushing the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. award for bravery, on Thursday, 151 years after he was killed manning ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded Civil War artillery officer Alonzo Cushing the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. award for bravery, on Thursday, 151 years after he was killed ...