Alfred Cumming (general)
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Alfred Cumming (January 30, 1829 – December 5, 1910) was a brigadier general for the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
Early life
Born in
Governor of Utah) in the Utah War
.
Civil War
In January 1861, he resigned a captaincy in the
Maryland Campaign due to the illness of Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox
.
On September 14, 1862, Cumming's brigade came up quickly to support troops under Brig. Gen.
Champion's Hill and in the actions outside Vicksburg. Captured and paroled with the city's garrison, he reorganized Stevenson's old brigade at Decatur, Georgia, in the fall of 1863 and led it gallantly at Missionary Ridge
.
He was conspicuous in many actions during the
Jonesboro
, he was disabled by another wound.
Postbellum
In postwar years, he farmed in Floyd County, Georgia before moving to Rome, Georgia, and then to his native city.
Cumming died in Rome, Georgia, and was buried in Summerville Cemetery.
See also
Notes
References
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4.
- ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.
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