This Civil War-Era Luke Skywalker Destroyed an Ironclad Death Star

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 7:35 a.m.

One of America\u2019s greatest but little-remembered Civil War heroes was Commander William Barker Cushing, who sank the Confederate ironclad Albemarle in a spectacular mission in 1864.\n\nRegarded as erratic and insubordinate, Midshipman Cushing was drummed...