"There was some resistance to awarding a Union soldier the medal for Gettysburg, even 150 years after the fact. They didn't want us refighting the Civil War all over again."
Ron Kind, a Democrat from Wisconsin, who co-sponsored legislation to allow
Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing to receive a Medal of Honor for his heroism at the 1863 battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Some Southern lawmakers were hesitant.
The New York Times has an article by Peter Baker entitled Medal of Honor for a Civil War Hero 150 Years in the Grave:
More than 150 years after standing his ground against Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama.
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