Joseph B. Cumming recollections, 1920 [manuscript].

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Joseph B. Cumming recollections, 1920 [manuscript].

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Civil War reminiscences, written in 1920 by Cumming, a member of the 5th Georgia Regiment, who later joined Walker's Brigade and then became a member of the staff of Gen. John B. Hood. Cumming served on the Florida coast in 1861 and thereafter chiefly in Tennessee. These reminiscences discuss troop movements and maneuvers, battles and battle strategy, and other incidents of army life.

1 v. (89 p.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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