The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-13
SUE MUNDY.
An ErenUM History Career Of a Fe.
male Guerrilla.


male Guerrilla.
From the Detroit Post.
Nearly every pleasant day pedes
trians on our principal avenues pass
a dark. eyed brunette, of medium size,
a plump figure, and richly dressed
In the early spring Of 1861 Sue Kit
eradge, a lovely girl, just returned
from boarding.school, lived upon her
fathers plantation in one of the ru-
raj districts of Kentucky, that hung
in a balance, uncertain whether to
risk her fate with the new "Contede-
racy" or hang back. Sue was II, q
frequent visitor at the plantation of
Mr.. Mundy, an old gentleman whose
wife and son, a young man, composed
a happy family.
One day company of Union Cav.
airy rode down upon the place, plum
dered the premises, carried off the
valuables, burned the residence, and
finally slaughtered the parents, who
were defending their own Preside,
laying waste the country in their
track, and leaving young Mundy and
Sue orphans indeed. Young Mundy
was at last aroused, and while being
carried off q prisoner no word escap-
ed his lips but "Sue." When asked
his name, he repeated "Sue," proba-
bly, the effects of a disordercd brain.
His linen being examined, the indel-
ible name of "Mundy" was found,
and ever after he was known as "Suc
MunGy," the constant terror of Union
citizens and soldiers in that section.
After being released on parole he
Immediately returned and inferred
the charred remains of his own pa
rents, as we'll as the body of Mr.. X.
Taking solemn and fearful oath of
vengeance, and accompanied by Sue,
who was now without friends or
home IN this wide world, he started
for ncighboring camp of BUSH
whackcrs 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" Authorization of Kiterad &c
proved invaluable as spy, fear
less rider, and of undoubted bravery.
Kit, after serving nearly two years
as spy and general planner for the
band, found her health failing. Dis
guised, and armed with the highest
testimonials, she succeeded in secur-
ing position on the staff of Gen'l
Claiborne, the hardest fighting Irish
man in the rebel army.
The position she held, doing her
duty like man, until the battle of
Atlanta, July %, 1864, in which Pat.
Claiborne was killed. Returning to
her youthful hero and his band, she
again revclled in the carnival of
blood, and though her evil spirit was
willing her flesh was weak, and Kit
was again transferred to duty at An.
Jacksonville. Prisoners who have
shared the Inequalities of that cele-
brated camp will perhaps remember
u buOTI, cCOuV uuu uucCuIAI JOuuS
Lieutenant, with flashing black eyes,
a face smooth as maiden's, and
cruel as though a fend incarnate
lurked within. This was Sue Kiter-
adge, the amiable young boarding
school miss, the cheerful companion,
the once wealthy heiress, the beauti-
full maiden and firm friend of young
whose life to her was dearer
than her own. Sue Mundy and q
part of his band were captured and
tried by court martial. Kit was
present during the whole trial, and
used her greatest influence, but of no
avail. Sue Mundy was convicted
and hung at Louisville, KY, in Mar.
1865. The flowing hair still hung
about his shoulders, and when his
youthful corpse was taken down and
laid away in its narrow bed, the bro.
ken and bleeding heart of Sue Kiter-
adge was buried with it; and now, a
wanderer on the face OF the earth,
homeless and friendless, she lives
without hope of heaven or mercy,
forsaken and dishonored, and cast
away.