GDG- Re:Cushing spent the day yawning ...Ho-Hum!

[jack]

Greetings,

On July 3rd, Cushing was shot. He died  1 1/2 hours later.

I see nothing ortunate about that.
He saw little action on July 2nd.

I would state that to imply anything else is despicable, but that would 
impugn the comity of the group.

Cushing fired a few rounds on day two. Wrignt was South, way south, of 
Cushing that day. Period.

Regards,

Jack



If chuck implied anythi
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Subject: GDG- Re:Cushing spent the day yawning ...Ho-Hum!


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
>> <<Cushing spent the day yawning.>>
>>
> Hardly the situation. When Cushing [Woodruff and Arnold too] topped the 
> ridge
> that morning he was met with Confederate arty fire which was kept up on 
> and
> off until dusk (various rates). Unfortunately for Cushing, as it were, the
> enemy used the then not so famous coppice of trees, off his immediate left
> (front), to gain range. Fortunately for Cushing, however, as on July 3rd, 
> Confederate
> ordnance was it's usual inferior product. They had him zeroed but failed 
> to
> silence him. Again as July 3rd Hancock saw to it that the batteries 
> attached to
> his corps July 2nd supported his regiments then engaged to the front. 
> Cushing
> engaged on and off all day July 2nd firing over 300 rounds of various
> ammunitions. Nothing to, ho-hum, yawn about.
>
> What's unique about Cushing when Wright's line struck west of the trees is
> the fact Lieutenant George Dwight, 2nd Corps Ordnance Officer, was with 
> him [the
> battery] at that time. Dwight wrote a lengthy note to Hunt (on request) 
> about
> what occurred that day at that time mentioning only Brown's misfortunes.
> Other then suggesting he sent two of Cushings caissons to Gillette's 
> trains before
> the firing stopped not one word is mentioned of either Cushing and or
> Arnold's engagements [to a degree]. To him it was just another ... ho-hum 
> engagement
> as it were. I would imagine had either of those batteries been overrun 
> Dwight
> might have made note of it.
>
> Best ... yawn,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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