Cushing of Gettysburg: The Story of a Union Artillery by Kent Masterson Brown

By Kent Masterson Brown

" Kent Brown's gorgeous account of the occupation of Lt. Alonzo Hereford Cushing bargains beneficial insights into the character of the Civil struggle and the lads who fought it. Brown's brilliant descriptions of the warmth and exhaustion of pressured marches, of the fury of conflict, have seldom been matched in Civil conflict literature.

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Cushing of Gettysburg: The Story of a Union Artillery Commander

" Kent Brown's attractive account of the occupation of Lt. Alonzo Hereford Cushing deals worthwhile insights into the character of the Civil struggle and the lads who fought it. Brown's brilliant descriptions of the warmth and exhaustion of compelled marches, of the fury of conflict, have seldom been matched in Civil warfare literature.

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