Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — June 25, 1861 · Greer Heritage Museum collection

Title

Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — June 25, 1861

Accession Number

2022.1.1.3

Accession Date

February 4, 2023

Accession Creator

David Lovegrove

Depositor

Shuman B. Gerald, III

Description

This letter from Victoria Cunningham to her sister, Margaret Sullivan. It references “Mike” — Michael M. Cunningham, their younger brother, who would be killed in battle one year later. He entered as a second lieutenant and ended a first lieutenant. He was Captain of Company D, 6th Regiment, 13th Infantry. Received a gunshot wound to the thigh on June 30, 1862 in a Seven Days Battle before Richmond. Admitted to Chimborazo Hospital No. 4, Richmond, Virginia on July 1, and he died July 5, 1862 from gangrene. The letter also mentions Chevis Crawford Montgomery, an uncle who was in the company, or his son.

Storage Location

General Archive Box #7 Folder #1

Text

June 25th 18/61
Dear Sister,
As I have a leasure moment I devote it to writing to you to inform you that Mike is going to leave the first of next week they will go immediately to Virginia it is a fine looking company large portly looking men the Capt has gone now to make arrangements for their reception I expect they will leave next Monday perhaps not so soon Mike said he wants to see you once more he is busy fixing he can’t go to see you he will have to be in Greenville two or three days this week he sais he longs for the time to come to leave he has several cousins in the company Uncle Chevis[?] has a son in the company about fourteen years old
I am getting on finely with my school I like it better than I thought for I have a very good school about seventeen schollars I have not been teaching but one week the children thing a great deal of me.
There is to be a flag presented to the mountain riflemen next friday at Chicks Springs I think I will go there is going to be a great many people there you must come as soon as you recieve this I will look for you next sunday if not before
As it is time to start to school I must close close soon and stay a week or two
Good bye
Vic

Relation

Etta Bailey Burgiss papers