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SOLDIER-MAKING
tinguished for its fine appearance, however; and that was Battery A of the Fourth. regular artil¬ lery. Cushing was in command of it when it met and passed us, and even the events of the preced¬ ing twenty-four hours had not been sufficient to take away his smile—although it might have shown a sarcastic side to a closer observer than I then was.
The infantry regiment in which I was a private retired to Arlington, about the first of Sep¬ tember, from the front line of the troops around Washington, and found that wonderful organi¬ zation of volunteers west of the Potomac, plastic under McClellan's skillful hand, in the full bloom of its evolution. Cushing entered into the spirit of soldier-making and of earthwork con¬ struction, and his labors were of acknowledged value. But what McClellan was competent to do was soon done. The great review at Bailey's Cross Roads was a source of astonishment to the expert spectators from other nations who observed the accuracy of its military movements and the ex¬ cellent bearing of the 70,000 men who might easily have marched to Centerville the next
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Object Description
| Title | Three Wisconsin Cushings; a sketch of the lives of Howard B., Alonzo H. and William B. Cushing, children of a pioneer family of Waukesha County |
| Source Title | Theron Wilber Haight's Three Wisconsin Cushings; a sketch of the lives of Howard B., Alonzo H. and William B. Cushing, children of a pioneer family of Waukesha County |
| Regiment | 4th Artillery |
| Volume | 1 |
| Author/Creator | Haight, Theron Wilber |
| Description | Theron W. Haight (1840-1913) was a newspaperman, attorney and author in Waukesha and Milwaukee, and fought in the 24th New York Infantry during the war. In 1910 he published Three Wisconsin Cushings, one of a series of books issued for the 50th anniversary of the Civil War. It tells the story of three brothers, Lt. Howard B. Cushing (1838-1871), Lt. Alonzo Hersford Cushing (1841-1863), and Lt. William Barker Cushing (1842-1872) from Waukesha. After reviewing the family history in New England, it focuses on their military service in substantial detail. Alonzo Cushing died at Gettysburg and received the Congressional Medal of Honor on May 20, 2010, for his bravery. |
| Subcollection | Personal Narratives |
| Source | E537.4 W8 no.3 |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wis. |
| Source Creation Date | 1910 |
| Source Publisher | Wisconsin History Commission |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
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| Digital Identifier | CWPN010010000 |
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| Title | 35 |
| Source Title | Theron Wilber Haight's Three Wisconsin Cushings; a sketch of the lives of Howard B., Alonzo H. and William B. Cushing, children of a pioneer family of Waukesha County |
| Volume | 1 |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
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| Full text | SOLDIER-MAKING tinguished for its fine appearance, however; and that was Battery A of the Fourth. regular artil¬ lery. Cushing was in command of it when it met and passed us, and even the events of the preced¬ ing twenty-four hours had not been sufficient to take away his smile—although it might have shown a sarcastic side to a closer observer than I then was. The infantry regiment in which I was a private retired to Arlington, about the first of Sep¬ tember, from the front line of the troops around Washington, and found that wonderful organi¬ zation of volunteers west of the Potomac, plastic under McClellan's skillful hand, in the full bloom of its evolution. Cushing entered into the spirit of soldier-making and of earthwork con¬ struction, and his labors were of acknowledged value. But what McClellan was competent to do was soon done. The great review at Bailey's Cross Roads was a source of astonishment to the expert spectators from other nations who observed the accuracy of its military movements and the ex¬ cellent bearing of the 70,000 men who might easily have marched to Centerville the next [35] |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN010010046 |
| Type | Text |