{⋆★⋆} BG Cumming, Alfred

Alfred Cumming​

Born: January 30, 1829

Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia

Father: Henry Harford Cumming 1799 – 1866

(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)​

Mother: Julia Ann Bryan 1803 – 1879

(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)​

Wife: Sarah M. Davis – 1910

(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)​

Children:

Carrie Cumming – 1904​

(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)​

​

Julien Davis Cumming – 1955​

(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)​

​

Henry Harford Cumming 1875 – 1896​

(Buried: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia)​

Education:

1849: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (35th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1849 – 1850: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 8th​ Infantry Regiment​

​

1850 – 1855: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 7th​ Infantry Regiment​

​

1851 – 1853: Aide to General David E. Twiggs​

​

1855 – 1856: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 10th​ Infantry Regiment​

​

1856 – 1861: Captain United States Army, 10th​ Infantry Regiment​

​

1861: Resigned from United States Army on January 19th​

​

Civil War Career:

1861: Lt. Colonel of Augusta Volunteer Battalion​

​

1861: Major of 1st​ Georgia Infantry​

​

1861: Lt. Colonel of 10th​ Georgia Infantry​

​

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 10th​ Georgia Infantry​

​

1862: Participated in the Peninsula Campaign​

​

1862: Wounded during the Battle of Malvern Hill​

​

1862: Led a Alabama Brigade during the Maryland Campaign​

​

1862 – 1864: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army Infantry​

​

1862 – 1863: Served in Mobile, Alabama​

​

1863: Participated in the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi​

​

1863: Captured and Paroled during the Battle of Vicksburg​

​

1863: Reorganized Carter Stevenson's old Brigade in Decatur, Georgia​

​

1863: Participated in the Battle of Missionary Ridge​

​

1864: Participated in the Atlanta Campaign​

​

1864: Disabled by a wound during the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia​

Occupation after War:

Farmer in Floyd County, Georgia​

​

Farmer in Rome, Georgia​

​

Member of American Military Commission to Korea​

Died: December 5, 1910

Place of Death: Rome, Georgia

Cause of Death: Not known

Age at time of Death: 81 years old

Burial Place: Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia

 

[Pollaco]

According to Sifakis Cumming was wounded for a second time at Antietam.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy weekend (January 30th) Birthday Brig. General Alfred Cumming! Salutes remembering General Cumming on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

With his promotion to brigadier was a transfer to the Western theater.

 

[Pollaco]

He was colonel of the 10th Georgia but commanded Wilcox's Alabama brigade in Maryland?

 

[Luke Freet]

He was colonel of the 10th Georgia but commanded Wilcox's Alabama brigade in Maryland?

I believe that he was assigned due to a lack of ranking officers in the brigade (think the highest ranking man in Wilcox's Brigade was then Major John C. C. Sanders).

 

[Luke Freet]

1864: Disabled by a wound during the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia

That explains a lot. His brigade was commanded by Colonels for the later campaigns.

 

[gentlemanrob]

If anyone finds an obit on general Cumming please feel free to post it

 

[ErnieMac]

According to Sifakis Cumming was wounded for a second time at Antietam.

Colonel Cumming was in command of C. M. Wilcox's Brigade (Wilcox was ill back in Virginia) of Richard Anderson's Division. The brigade was ordered forward in support of the Confederate troops in the Sunken Road. Cumming was wounded while positioning his command.

 

[mofederal]

I wonder if he was related to Alfred Cumming, the Governor of The Utah Territory. Both were born in Agusta, Ga., and I am sure any Cumming from that area were related.

 

[Pollaco]

I wonder if he was related to Alfred Cumming, the Governor of The Utah Territory. Both were born in Agusta, Ga., and I am sure any Cumming from that area were related.

That gov. Alfred Cummings was also mayor of Augusta before being appointed Gov.So they sound like they were from a political family.Plus another tidbit on him , when he traveled to Utah he was escorted by an army force under Col. Albert S. Johnston.

 

[Pollaco]

That gov. Alfred Cummings was also mayor of Augusta before being appointed Gov.So they sound like they were from a political family.Plus another tidbit on him , when he traveled to Utah he was escorted by an army force under Col. Albert S. Johnston.

Another source states they (Gov. Cummings and his wife) were escorted from Fort Leavenworth by a column of dragoons led by Lt. Col. Philip St. George Cooke.

 

[GELongstreet]

Obituary from West Point's Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates 1911 over here.