Cumming, Alfred

Life Span
to
Full name
Alfred Cumming
Place of Birth
Augusta, GA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Occupation
Politician
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
Buchanan Administration (1857-61)
Governor
Local government
Date Event
Utah Territorial Governor proclaims a blanket pardon to end the Mormon War
Territorial Governor Cumming of Utah protests U.S. Army troops aiding the federal court sitting in Provo
Federal Judge Cradlebaugh protests the Governor's order to remove U.S. troops aiding his court in Provo, Utah
Date Title
New York Times, “Is it Peace or War?,” June 12, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Mormon Atrocities," July 3, 1858
Boston (MA) Flag of Our Union, "The Mormon War," July 3, 1858
New York Herald, "The Mormons Brought to Terms," July 15, 1858
New York Herald, “Mormonism and the Mormon,” August 8, 1858
Ripley (OH) Bee, “Our Utah Army,” March 5, 1859
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “The Utah Rebellion,” June 16, 1859
Chicago Style Entry Link
Alexander, Thomas G. "Carpetbaggers, Reprobates, and Liars: Federal Judges and the Utah War (1857-58)." The Historian 70, no.2 (2008): 209-238. view record
MacKinnon, William P. At Sword's Point: A Documentary History of the Utah War to 1858. Norman, OK: Arthur H. Clark Co., 2007. view record
Poll, Richard D., and Ralph W. Hansen. “‘Buchanan’s Blunder’: The Utah War, 1857-1858.” Military Affairs 25, no. 3 (1961): 121-131. view record
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