John Cussons: The Confederacy's Lincolnshire Scout - Kindle Non-Fiction

John Cussons: The Confederacy's Lincolnshire Scout 
by Daniel Clarke

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.

This ARTICLE of around 10,000 words explores John Cussons' life in the United States, and the part which he played in the American Civil War.

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