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| President Obama stands with Helen Loring Ensign as he awards the medal of Honor posthumously to Army First Lt. Alonso H. Cushing for conspicous gallantry |
First Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing was decorated today with the nation's highest military honor -- more than 150 years after he was shot three times and later killed by Confederate forces in the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.
President Obama made a rare presentation of the Medal of Honor to a Civil War veteran during a small ceremony in the Roosevelt Room with Cushing’s relatives.
“This medal is a reminder that no matter how long it takes, it is never too late to do the right thing.”
Cushing commanded an Army artillery battery that was defending Cemetery Ridge in a grueling fight that would become a turning point in the Civil War. He continued to push his men forward despite being wounded.
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