The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-06-09
Career Of a Guerilla's Bride.

j Neariy every Pheasant uay Pc
destrians on our principal avenues
passed a dark eyed brunette, of
medium size, plump figure, and
richly dressed. In the early spring
of 1861 Sue Kiterage, lovely girl,
just returned from boarding school,
lived upon her fathers plantation
in one of the rural districts of Ken
tucky, that hung in a balance, un>
certain whether to risk her fate
with the new "Confederacyn or
hang back. Sue was seventeen.
and a frequent visitor at the ad-
joining plantation OF Nr. Mundy,
an old gentleman, whose wife and
son, a young man, composed q
happy family. One day a. COM
pany of Union cavalry rode down
upon the place, plundered the
premises, carried off he valuables,
burned the residence, and finally
slaughtered the parents, who were
defending their own firesides, lay
ing waste the country in their
track, aud leaving young Mundy
and Sue orphans indeed. Young
Mundy was at last aroused, and
while being carried off a prisoner
no word escaped his lips but
|"Sue." When asked his name,
he repeated "Sue," probably the
effect of disordcred brain. His
linen being examined, the indeli
bic name of" Mundy" was found,
and ever after he was known as
"Sne Mundy," the constant ter.
ror of Union citizens and soldiers
in that section. Released on pa
role, he Immediately returned and
inferred the remains of his own
parents, as well as the body of Mr..
Kiterage. Taking a solemn and
fearful oath of vengeance, and, ac-
companied by Sue, who was now
without home or friends in the
wide world, he started for u neigh.
boring camp Of bushwhac kers or
gucrillas, where ho was received
with open arms and was soon pro
NOTED to the Office of commander
of the force, while Sue, disguised
and passing by the name OF "Kit,"
an abbreviation of kiterage, prov
ed invaluable as a spy, fearless
rider, and of undoubted bravery.
Kit, after serving nearly two years
as spy and general planner for
the band, found her health failing.
Disguised and armed with the
highest testimonials, she succeed
ed in securing position on the
stat of General Claiborne, the
hardest fighting Irishman in the
rebel army. This position she
held, doing her duty like man,
until the battle of Atlanta, July,
IL, 1864, in which Pat Claiborne
was killed. Returning to her
youthful hero and his band, she
again revelled in the carnival of
blood, and though her evil spirit
was willing, the flesh was weak,
and Kit was again transferred to
guard duty at Andersonville. Pris.
oners who have shared the hospi-
tality of the cele brated camp will
perhaps remember a short, stout,
and muscular young lieutenant,
with flashing black eyes, face
smooth as maiden's and cruel, as
though q fiend incarnate lurked
within. This was Sue Kiteradge,
the amiable young boarding.school
7 miss, the cheerful companion, the
once wealthy heiress, the beautiful
maiden and firm friend Of young
Mundy, whose life to her was dear
er than her own.
| Sue Mundy and part of his
band were captured and tried by
q court.martial. Kit was present
during the whole trial, and used
her greatest influence, but of no
avail. Sue Mnndy was convicted
and hung at Louisville, Ky, in
March, 1865. The flowing hair
still hung about his shoulders, and
when his youthful corpse was talk
en- down and laid away in his TAR
row bed, tho bleeding and broken
heart Of Sue kiterage was buried
with it; and now, a wanGerer on
the face of the earth, homeless and
friendless, she lives without hope
of heaven or mercy, forsaken and
dishonored, and cast away.
detroit Post.