Three of the four sons of Milton Birmingham and Mary B. Cushing achieved fame in the Civil War and beyond.
The oldest brother, Milton, born in 1837 in Ohio served in the U.S. Navy, as did brother William, during the war as a paymaster from August 1864 into 1866. he died in 1877 in Dunkirk, New York. Buried at Forest Hill cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.
The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps gives this information on Milton Cushing:
Born Ohio.
Appointed from New York Aug. 20, 1864
Entered service as Acting Assistant Paymaster
Attached to steam gunboat USS Seneca, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron 1864-1865. The USS Seneca was one of the 90-Day Gunboats built in that amount of time in 1861 and took part if the attacks on Fort Fisher in 1865, when Milton Cushing was on board. I imagine at some point he got together with brother William while on station off Wilmington.
Assigned to steam gunboat USS Chicora, Gulf squadron 1865-1866
Appointed Passed Assistant Paymaster, U.S. Navy July 23, 1865.
Assigned to steamer USS Suwanee, North Pacific Squadron 1866-1868
Commissioned Paymaster in 1869.
It's a Navy Brother. --Old Secesh
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