From Fox News.

Two Wisconsin congressmen successfully added an amendment to the annual defense bill that would pave the way for the Medal of Honor to be awarded to a Union artillery officer credited for his heroism at Gettysburg 150 years ago.

First Lt. Alfonso Cush (far left).

First Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing positioned his unit on Gettysburg’s Cemetery Ridge and endured multiple injuries during the historic Pickett’s Charge, Hope Landsem, a second class cadet at the U.S. Military Academy, wrote in the Wall Street Journal

She writes, “In the ensuing Confederate infantry assault that came to be known as Pickett’s Charge, Cushing was shot twice, the second bullet tearing through his stomach and groin. The wounded officer kept up the fight, clutching his intestines as he commanded the artillery battery. Then Cushing was hit a third time, struck in the mouth by a bullet that exited at the base of his skull. The defenders of Cemetery Ridge eventually repulsed the Confederate advance, a pivotal moment in the Union victory that turned the tide of the Civil War.”

Cushing was from Delafield, Wis., and it was indeed two Wisconsin representatives who pushed for the amendment.

“When it comes to honoring war heroes, it is never too late to do the right thing,” Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., said.

Quite so (unless you are a Confederate sympathizer). Read it all.