The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-06-04
The career of n GuerrIlIa.s Bride. A
Romance Ofthe Late Civil War.

Nearly every pleasant day pedes-
trians on our principal avenues pass a
dark eyed brunette, of medium size,
plump figure and richly dressed. In
the early spring of 1861, Sue Kiteradge,
a lovely girl just returned from board
ing school, lived upon her father's
plantation in one of the rural districts
of Kentucky, uncertain whether to risk
her fate with the new 'Confederacy"
or hang back. She was seventeen,
and frequent visitor at the adjoining
plantation of Mr.. Mundy, an old gen
tleman, whose wife and son, young
man, composed happy family.
One day a company of Union caval-
ry rode down upon the place, plunder-
ed the premises, carried off the valua-
bles, burned the residence and finally
slaughtered the parents, who were de-
Tending their own fresides, laying
waste the country in their track, and
leaving Mundy and Sue orphans in
deed. Young Mundy was at last a.
reused, and while being carried off
prisoner no words escaped his lips but
Sue" When asked his name he re-
peated "Sue" probably the effect of
disordered brain. His linen examined,
the indellibIe name of "Mundy" was
found, and ever afYer he was known as
''Sue Mundy," the constant terror of
TTpiop oi+iyapc npd oald;or, IN thaF ooo
tion. Released on parole, he immedi-
ately returned and interre the charred
remains of his own parents, as well as
the body of Mr.. X. Taking a solemn
and fearful oath of vengeance, and ac-
companied by Sue, who was now with
out home or friends in the wide world,
he started for neighboring camp of
bush whackers or guerrillas, where he
was received with open arms, and was
soon promoted to the Office of COM
mander of the force, while Sue, dis
guised, and passing by the name of
exit" an abreviation of Kiteradge,
proved invaluable as spy, fearless
rider, and of undoubted bravery. Kit,
after serving nearly two years as spy
and general planner for the band,
found her health falling. Disguised
and armed with the highest testimoni-
ais, she succeeded in securinga a position
on the staff of General Claiborne, the
hardest fighting Irishman in the rebel
army. This position she held, doing
her duty like a man, until the battle
of Atlanta, July u, 1864, in which
Pat. Claiborne was killed. Returning
to her youthful hero and his band, she
again revelled in the carnival OF blood,
and tho her spirit was willing, the
flesh was weak, and Kit was again
transferred to guard duty at An ierSon-
vile. Prisoners who have shared the
hospitality of that celebrated camp will
perhaps remember n short, stout and
muscular young Lieutenant, with flash
ing black eyes, face smooth as a
maiden'5, and cruel, as though fiend
incarnate lurked within. This was
Sue Kiteradge, the amiable young
boarding school miss, the cheerful
companion, the once wealthy heiress,
the beautiful maiden and firm friend
of young Mundy, whose life to her was
dearer than her own.
Sue Mundy and part of his band
were captured, and tried by court mar
tiai. Kit was present during the whole
trial, and used her greatest influence,
but of no avail. Sue Mundy was con-
victed and hung at Louisville, Ken
lucky, in March, 1865. The flowing
hair still hung about his shoulders, and
when his youthful corpse was taken
down and laid away in his narrow
bed, the bleeding and broken heart of
Sue Kiteradge was buried with it and
a wanderer on the face of the earth,
homeless and friendless, she lives with |
out hope of heaven or mercy, forsaken
and dishonored, and cast away.-De-
ir0H Post.