Sumner Archibald Cunningham

Sumner Archibald Cunningham
Born(1843-07-21)July 21, 1843
DiedDecember 13, 1913 (1913-12-14) (aged 70)
Resting placeWillow Mount Cemetery, Shelbyville, Tennessee, U.S.
OccupationEditor
SpouseLaura Davis
Children1 son, 1 daughter
Military career
AllegianceConfederate States
Service / branchConfederate States Army
Years of service1861–1865
Wartime photograph of Cunningham

Sumner Archibald Cunningham (July 21, 1843 – December 20, 1913) was an American Confederate soldier and journalist. He was the editor of a short lived Confederate magazine called "Our Day" (1883-1884) published in New York. In 1893 he established the Confederate Veteran, a bimonthly magazine about veterans of the Confederate States Army until his death in 1913. He was a critic of Reconstruction, "scalawags", "carpetbaggers", and "Negro" legislators.