Sumner Archibald Cunningham
| Sumner Archibald Cunningham | |
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| Born | July 21, 1843 Bedford County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died |
December 13, 1913 (aged 70) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Cause of death | nose hemorrhage |
| Resting place | Willow Mount Cemetery, Shelbyville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Editor |
| Spouse(s) | Laura Davis |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Parent(s) | John Washington Campbell Cunningham Mary A. Buchanan |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 Confederate States of America (1861–1865) |
| Service/branch | Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
Sumner Archibald Cunningham (July 21, 1843 – December 13, 1913) was an American Confederate veteran and editor. He was the founder and editor of The Confederate Veteran, a monthly magazine about veterans of the Confederate States Army.
Sumner Archibald Cunningham was born on July 21, 1843 in Bedford County, Tennessee. His father was John Washington Campbell Cunningham and his mother, Mary A. Buchanan.
During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, Cunningham served in the Confederate States Army. He was stationed at Camp Trousdale in Portland, Tennessee until he was captured by Union forces in the Battle of Fort Donelson and imprisoned at Camp Morton in Indianapolis. After he was released in exchange of other prisoners in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he fought in the Battle of Missionary Ridge and the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863, followed by the Battle of Nashville and the Battle of Franklin in 1864.
Shortly after the war, Cunningham moved to Shelbyville, Tennessee, where he worked in the "mercantile trade." He also ran a bookstore in Shelbyville. Meanwhile, he authored Reminiscences of the Forty-first Tennessee Infantry in 1871. That year, he purchased The Shelbyville Commercial, a newspaper in Shelbyville, and served as its editor, as he did with the Rural Sun, a Nashville newspaper, in 1874-1875. By 1876, he purchased The Chattanooga Times, the main newspaper in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and edited it. By 1878, Cunningham "leased" it to Adolph Ochs, who purchased it in 1880. Meanwhile, Cunningham purchased and edited The Cartersville Express, a newspaper in Cartersville, Georgia. In 1883, he founded Our Day, a newspaper published in New York City whose target readership was Southerners, but it failed two years later, in 1885. He became a journalist for The Nashville American, serving as a correspondent from 1885 to 1892.
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