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Subjects>Biography/Memoir> Cushing of Gettysburg
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CUSHING OF GETTYSBURG
The Story of a Union Artillery Commander
By Kent Masterson Brown
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Price: $19.95
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Format: paper
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ISBN: 978-0-8131-0953-4
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Subjects: History: Civil War, Biography/Memoir;Military Studies,History: US South
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Pages: 368 | Year Published: 1993 | Trim Size: 6x9 | Illustrations: illus, maps | Discount: trade |
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| Kent Brown's stunning account of the career of Lt. Alonzo Hereford Cushing
offers valuable insights into the nature of the Civil War and the men who fought
it. Brown's vivid descriptions of the heat and exhaustion of forced marches, of
the fury of battle, have seldom been matched in Civil War literature.
Kent Masterson Brown, creator and first editor of the magazine The Civil
War, is a Civil War historian and an attorney in Lexington, Kentucky.
Brown is also the author and host of the site Witnessing
History.
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Reviews:
"A beautifully written and researched biography of a young officer who lost his life defending Cemetery Ridge against the famous Confederate assault on July 16, 1863."—Civil War
"A touching and illuminating account of a brief, heroic life."—Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
"Cushing is the most famous lieutenant killed during the entire Civil War, and few who stop at Gettysburg fail to hear of the boy who died behind the wheel of his last gun as Pickett's Virginians surged by."—Blue & Gray Magazine
"Brown is a good story teller, which is especially evident in the poignant opening chapter describing Cushing's West Point funeral."—Society of Civil War Historians Newsletter
"Brown successfully addresses how the Civil War transformed ethnic relationships in nineteenth-century America and redefined what it meant to be an American."—Civil War Regiments
"Extraordinarily gripping. This book will remain current as long as interest in the Civil War remains alive."—Charles P. Roland
"This biography of artillery officer Alonzo Hereford Cushing reads like a Greek tragedy."—Southern Seen
"Vivid descriptions, accurate maps, an inside view of battle strategy from the officers' tents and finally the horror of the battles are provided in generous but readable portions."—Bourbon (Paris, KY) Times
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