I would greatly appreciate any leads in my attempt to find a book that I saw once 23 years ago as student in the 5th grade.
What I know about the book: although I am not certain of the title, it was something like "I leave my horse to my younger brother." It was a publication of the diary on and enlisted horse soldier in the cavalry of JEB Stuart. I do not know his name, but he was from KY, possibly Frankfort. He was killed in action. The book was small and had some photographs, and was sold at that time in the gift shop of Appomattox Court House.
Why I am trying to find this book: A kid in my class brought the book to school after buying it at Appomattox. As I was looking through it, I noticed portraits of several guys in the unit. One of them was of the last named Cushing from Frankfort, Ky and his name was either Jack or John. My now deceased father was from Ky and I new his mother's maiden name was Cushing. However I did not pay too much attention to it as I had never heard of any relative in the Civil War. Later I told my father what I had seen and he was very interested and really wanted to get ahold of the book...but unfortunately I never saw it again. It turns out his mother's family immigrated from Ireland in the 1840's and settled in Frankfort. To his knowledge they were the only Cushings in Frankfort, and my Great great grandfather John Cushing is most likely the man in the photo. My father knew of no oral or written history of the man, just his name and decendents.
As the years went my this always stuck in my mind. As the internet age arose, I tried to do some internet searchs but never with any luck. If anybody knows this book or knows of a good avenue of search, I sure would appreciate any help.
What I know about the book: although I am not certain of the title, it was something like "I leave my horse to my younger brother." It was a publication of the diary on and enlisted horse soldier in the cavalry of JEB Stuart. I do not know his name, but he was from KY, possibly Frankfort. He was killed in action. The book was small and had some photographs, and was sold at that time in the gift shop of Appomattox Court House.
Why I am trying to find this book: A kid in my class brought the book to school after buying it at Appomattox. As I was looking through it, I noticed portraits of several guys in the unit. One of them was of the last named Cushing from Frankfort, Ky and his name was either Jack or John. My now deceased father was from Ky and I new his mother's maiden name was Cushing. However I did not pay too much attention to it as I had never heard of any relative in the Civil War. Later I told my father what I had seen and he was very interested and really wanted to get ahold of the book...but unfortunately I never saw it again. It turns out his mother's family immigrated from Ireland in the 1840's and settled in Frankfort. To his knowledge they were the only Cushings in Frankfort, and my Great great grandfather John Cushing is most likely the man in the photo. My father knew of no oral or written history of the man, just his name and decendents.
As the years went my this always stuck in my mind. As the internet age arose, I tried to do some internet searchs but never with any luck. If anybody knows this book or knows of a good avenue of search, I sure would appreciate any help.
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