1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing recommended for a Medal of Honor 147 years after he stood his ground at Gettysburg.

Quoted from the article:

The West Point graduate and his men of the Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery were defending the Union position on Cemetery Ridge against Pickett's Charge, a major Confederate thrust that could have turned the tide in the war.

Cushing commanded about 110 men and six cannons. His small force along with reinforcements stood their ground under artillery bombardment as nearly 13,000 Confederate infantrymen waited to advance.

Read the whole article:

http://news.discovery.com/history/civil-war-hero-medal.html

It is also worth noting, and not mentioned in the article above, that Lt. Cushing's 1st Sergeant, Frederick Füger, received the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 3, 1863, at Cushing's side.

Sgt. Früger's MoH Citation Reads:

Rank and organization: Sergeant, Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 24 August 1897. Citation: All the officers of his battery having been killed or wounded and five of its guns disabled in Pickett's assault, he succeeded to the command and fought the remaining gun with most distinguished gallantry until the battery was ordered withdrawn.