Alfred Gumming

January 30, 1829 (age 81)

Augusta, Georgia, United States

Alfred Cumming was a career officer in the United States Army, and from 1851 to 1853, he was an aide to General David Twiggs in New Orleans. Promoted to the first lieutenant in 1855 and to captain the following year, he participated in the Utah expedition of 1859-1860. He resigned from the army in January 1861 and entered the service of the Confederate government. At the beginning of the Civil War, he commanded a Georgia arsenal, but, craving action, he was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the 10th Georgia Regiment. After being promoted to colonel in October 1861, he was twice wounded while commanding an Alabama brigade during the battles of Malvern Hill and Sharpsburg. He was promoted to brigadier general on October 29, 1862. Captured during the siege of Vicksburg, upon his exchange he served in the battle of Missionary Ridge in 1863 and during the Atlanta campaign at Chickamauga, Dalton, Allatoona, New Hope Church, and Kenesaw Mountain. Alfred Cumming was disabled on August 3, 1864, at Jonesboro and gave no further service to the Confederacy. After the war, he farmed in Floyd County, Georgia, for some years. He lived in Rome, Georgia, from 1880 to 1896, when he moved to Augusta and retired.

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Background

Alfred Gumming was born on January 30, 1829, in Augusta, Georgia, United States. He was the son of Henry Harford and Julia Bryan Cumming.

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Cumming graduated thirty-fifth in a class of forty-three from the United States Military Academy in 1849.

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Alfred Cumming was a career officer in the United States Army, and from 1851 to 1853, he was an aide to General David Twiggs in New Orleans.

Promoted to the first lieutenant in 1855 and to captain the following year, he participated in the Utah expedition of 1859-1860. He resigned from the army in January 1861 and entered the service of the Confederate government. At the beginning of the Civil War, he commanded a Georgia arsenal, but, craving action, he was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the 10th Georgia Regiment.

After being promoted to colonel in October 1861, he was twice wounded while commanding an Alabama brigade during the battles of Malvern Hill and Sharpsburg. He was promoted to brigadier general on October 29, 1862. Captured during the siege of Vicksburg, upon his exchange he served in the battle of Missionary Ridge in 1863 and during the Atlanta campaign at Chickamauga, Dalton, Allatoona, New Hope Church, and Kenesaw Mountain.

Alfred Cumming was disabled on August 3, 1864, at Jonesboro and gave no further service to the Confederacy. After the war, he farmed in Floyd County, Georgia, for some years. He lived in Rome, Georgia, from 1880 to 1896, when he moved to Augusta and retired.

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Alfred Cumming is known for his service with distinction during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862, including the Battle of Yorktown, the Battle of Savage's Station, and the Battle of Malvern Hill, where he was wounded. For his brave actions, he was promoted to Brigadier General in 1862.

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Alfred had three children by his marriage to Sarah M. Davis.

Father:: Henry Harford Cumming
Mother:: Julia Bryan Cumming
Wife:: Sarah M. Davis Cumming
colleague:: David Twiggs

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Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders
2006

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