At the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, Alonzo Cushing was wounded and unable to yell his commands. Alonzo relayed them through his sergeant, Frederick Fuger and after Cushing's death, Fuger continued operating that one cannon left in the battery.
Fuger was commissioned second lieutenant for his actions that day and, in 1897, received a Medal of Honor for it.
--Old Secesh
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