John Cussons: The Confederacy's Lincolnshire Scout
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Author(s)Daniel Clarke
PublisherDaniel Clarke
ISBN / ASINB00BKZTN2A
ISBN-13978B00BKZTN26
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
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I am currently writing another book which will be about 25-35,000 words in length. I would very much appreciate any feedback about this title, so that I can improve my latest offering.
John Cussons was born in the north of England, in the county of Lincolnshire, to be precise. However he was an adventurous fellow, and he quickly decided that there was more to see in the world than just the town of Horncastle. He hopped on a ship bound for the United States in 1855, and never looked back.
During his first years in America he lived up to being adventurous; by traveling all around the rugged Northwest and living among the Sioux Native American Indian tribesmen. He settled down, eventually, in the riverside town of Selma in the state of Alabama. Here he became a writer and the equal owner of the Selma Reporter, for a year of two, at least. In 1861 the American Civil War came, and a new chapter in his life began.
Even though he was not a supporter of Secession, he did his duty by joining the Governor's Guard, an infantry company raised in Selma. This unit then became Company A of the Fourth Alabama Infantry. He did not remain with the regiment long however, because a higher duty called. This duty was scouting for his commanding officers, firstly Brigadier General Barnard Bee, and then William H. C. Whiting, and Evander M. Law. By the time the Second Manassas Campaign began in 1862, Cussons had even been given his own company of sharpshooters, which consisted of men from Law's and Brigadier General John B. Hood's Texas Brigade. Cussons led these men at Thoroughfare Gap, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, the Siege of Suffolk, and Gettysburg.
John Cussons was born in the north of England, in the county of Lincolnshire, to be precise. However he was an adventurous fellow, and he quickly decided that there was more to see in the world than just the town of Horncastle. He hopped on a ship bound for the United States in 1855, and never looked back.
During his first years in America he lived up to being adventurous; by traveling all around the rugged Northwest and living among the Sioux Native American Indian tribesmen. He settled down, eventually, in the riverside town of Selma in the state of Alabama. Here he became a writer and the equal owner of the Selma Reporter, for a year of two, at least. In 1861 the American Civil War came, and a new chapter in his life began.
Even though he was not a supporter of Secession, he did his duty by joining the Governor's Guard, an infantry company raised in Selma. This unit then became Company A of the Fourth Alabama Infantry. He did not remain with the regiment long however, because a higher duty called. This duty was scouting for his commanding officers, firstly Brigadier General Barnard Bee, and then William H. C. Whiting, and Evander M. Law. By the time the Second Manassas Campaign began in 1862, Cussons had even been given his own company of sharpshooters, which consisted of men from Law's and Brigadier General John B. Hood's Texas Brigade. Cussons led these men at Thoroughfare Gap, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, the Siege of Suffolk, and Gettysburg.
