Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-28

The Career Of q GnerriiEa's Bride-A
Romance of the late Civil war.
~ From the Detroit Post.

- From the Detroit Post.
Nearly every pleasant day pedes
TRANS on our principal avenues pas
a dark eyed brunette, of medium
size, plump figure and richly dressed
In the early spring Of 1861, Su,
Kiteradge, aloyely girl just returned
from boarding school, lived upcr
her fathers plantation in one of the
rural districts of Kentucky, uncer.
tain whether to risk her fate with
the new "Confederacy" or hang
back. She was seventeen, and q
frequent visitor at the adjoining
plantation of Mr.. Mundy, an old
gentleman, whose wife and son, a
young man, composed a happy
family.
One day a company of Union
cavalry rode down upon the place,
plundered the premises, carried off
the valuables, burned the residence
and finally slaughtered the parents,
who were defending their own fire
sides, laying waste the country in
their track, and leaving Mundy and
Sue orphans indeed. Young Mundy
was at last aroused, and while being
carried off prisoner no words
escaped his lips but "Sue"- proba-
bly, the effect of disordered brain.
His linen examined, the indelible
name of "Mundy" was found, and
ever after he was known as "Sue
Mundy," the constant terror of
Union citizens and soldiers in that
section. Released on parole, he
Immediately returned and inferred
the charre1 remains of his own pa
rents, as we'll as the body of Mr.. K.
Taking solemn and fearful oath
of vengeance, and accompanied by
Sue, who was now without home
or friends in the wide world, he
started for neighboring camp of
bushwhaekers or guerrillas, where
he was received with open arms,
and was soon promoted to the of
flee of commander of the force, while
Sue, disguised, and passing by the
name of Exit" an Authorization of
Kiteradge, proved invaluable as
spy, a fearless rider, and of I'M
doubted bravery. Kit, after serv-
ing nearly two years as spy and gen.
eral planner for the band, found
her health failing. Disguised, and
armed with the highest testimo-
malls, she succeeded in securing a
position on the staff of Gen. Gle
burne, the hardest fighting Irish
man in the Rebel army.
This position she held, doing her
duty like man, until the battle of
Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864, in which
Pat. Cleburne. was killed. Return
ing to her youthful hero and his
band, she again revealed in the cars
nival of blood, and though her evil |
spirit was willing, the flesh was
weak, and Kit was again trans
ferred to guard duty at An |
Jacksonville, S. C. Prisoners who
have shared the hospitality of that |
celebrated camp win perhaps re-
member a short, stout and muscu-
lar lieutenant with flashing black
eyes, face smooth as maiden's,
and cruel, as though fiend incar-
nate lurked within. This was Sue
Kiteradge, the amiable young board
ing school miss, the cheerful COM
panion, 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 a
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, Kentucky, in
March, 1866. 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 now wanderer ON the face of
the earth, homeless and friendless,
she lives without hope of heaven or
mercy, forsaken and dishonored,
and cast away. ...