Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Colonel Cumming” in chapter 19, page 410 of Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia:
...e first trumpet call to war, and as he followed their after career with tears and pride, it was ever a source of keen satisfaction that he had contributed in some part to their soldierly character.
Colonel Cumming commanded Wilcox's brigade most ably at Sharpsburg, and received a wound which disabled him for several weeks.
While convalescent at his home in Georgia he was promoted
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