Veteran Points to Scene of Pickett's Charge from the Position of Cushing's Battery Then & Now

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This photograph was taken near Hancock Avenue.

Cushing’s Battery A, 4th U.S Artillery went into action at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. Commanded by Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing, the battery was located in the Angle and was heavily engaged in the cannonade and repulse of Pickett’s Charge. The battery suffered heavy losses: all but one gun was disabled, all horses but three were killed or wounded, 1 officer and 31 men were wounded, and 1 officer and 5 men were killed. The officer killed was Lieutenant Cushing, shot through the head while firing one of the last rounds from the remaining gun.

This photograph is part of a series of Then & Now photos of The 1938 Reunion.