from the Republican for July 25, 1912:
Thursday, another old citizen and comrade whose illness was noted in these columns, passed serenely through the ordeal of death into the realms of the spirit world. He was the third comrade, each of whom resided in speaking distance on East Main Street, who has fallen from the ranks of the G. A. R. and numbered on the roster of Ashby Post in the past four months. John A. Cundiff was born 69 years ago near Amo. He was the second son of Jackson and and Mary (Harvey) Cundiff, his mother being a sister of Rev. Robert Harvey, an aged and venerable minister who yet survives. His brothers, Robert and Lewis, sister, Martha, and his parents preceded him in death years ago. In 1851, after the father's death, his mother and her three sons moved to this vicinity, locating near Pittsboro. She assumed the arduous task of rearing those boys to manhood. Her strong personality was expressed in Christian zeal, strong patriotism and social tendencies. Industriously and prudently, she met the tasks of life with no fears of failure. When the war clouds cast their shadows over our country and the call came for defenders of the flag, she willingly sacrificed her three sons to go into the conflict. Robert, the eldest and Louis, the younger brother, enlisted in Co. A, 51st Regiment, both losing their lives in the service. John enlisted in Co. H, 99th Volunteer Infantry, under Captain J. B. Homan. He served until the close of the war, doing valiant service in the hard marches and engagements to which he and his comrades were subjected. He received two wounds which permanently injured his body and mind. He was married to Susan F. Atkins Nov. 2, 1865. Two out of a family of four children survive him. They being Mrs. Mary McDonald and Mrs. Edith Strange of Danville. They formerly lived on farms near Pittsboro. In 1891 they sold out and moved to his late home. He took particular pride in his gardening and providing fuel with his ax with which he was particularly skillful, all of which contributed much to their living. He was a charter member of Thomas Ashby Post No. 451 to which he was devoted until seven years ago. Tender sympathy was extended to him in his illness and to the family in their bereavement expressed by the presence of comrades and neighbors and their ministries of love. Funeral services were held at the Christian church Sunday morning, Rev. Summer officiating. Relatives from a distance were Benjamin Franklin and wife, Dr. Harvey and wife, Mrs. Julian, and Miss Harvey, of Indianapolis, Ed. Prewitt, daughters and father, of Belle Union, Harvey Benbow and sons, Frank and Oscar and families, of Amo, Carrol McDonald, of Plymouth, Ill., Dr. Rodgers and wife, of Rockville, John Hubbel, of Monrovia, and Mrs. George Tincher, of Amo.
from the book, The Civil War Era: An Anthology of Sources:
"Did Union soldiers feel guilt over such acts of violence commited during the war? Regarding the mere observation of executions, one notes occasional comments in letters and diaries such as "entirely beyond the pale of civilization" or "awful". Regarding the feelings of Union men who actually did the hanging or shooting, the case of John A. Cundiff of the 99th Indiana Infantry is suggestive of an answer. Cundiff had apparently been detailed to shoot a Confederate prisoner of war, and in the years after the war, he was convinced that Rebel spies or relatives of the dead Confederate were after him. Affadavits taken by the Pension Bureau officials in 1893 and 1894 revealed the following behavior:
'He has always claimed that the rebels had spies out to kill him, and would take his gun and blanket and stay in the woods for days and nights at a time, and would leave the house at night and sleep in the fence corners....He told me one day that two or three of his neighbors were rebels from the south (there were some new people came in then) & that they were going to kill him but that he put his axe under his bed at night to defend himself.'
Cundiff's troubling memories of having shot Rebel prisoners calls to mind the atrocities and "abusive violence" that psychologists frequently discuss in reference to Vietnam veterans."
Thursday, another old citizen and comrade whose illness was noted in these columns, passed serenely through the ordeal of death into the realms of the spirit world. He was the third comrade, each of whom resided in speaking distance on East Main Street, who has fallen from the ranks of the G. A. R. and numbered on the roster of Ashby Post in the past four months. John A. Cundiff was born 69 years ago near Amo. He was the second son of Jackson and and Mary (Harvey) Cundiff, his mother being a sister of Rev. Robert Harvey, an aged and venerable minister who yet survives. His brothers, Robert and Lewis, sister, Martha, and his parents preceded him in death years ago. In 1851, after the father's death, his mother and her three sons moved to this vicinity, locating near Pittsboro. She assumed the arduous task of rearing those boys to manhood. Her strong personality was expressed in Christian zeal, strong patriotism and social tendencies. Industriously and prudently, she met the tasks of life with no fears of failure. When the war clouds cast their shadows over our country and the call came for defenders of the flag, she willingly sacrificed her three sons to go into the conflict. Robert, the eldest and Louis, the younger brother, enlisted in Co. A, 51st Regiment, both losing their lives in the service. John enlisted in Co. H, 99th Volunteer Infantry, under Captain J. B. Homan. He served until the close of the war, doing valiant service in the hard marches and engagements to which he and his comrades were subjected. He received two wounds which permanently injured his body and mind. He was married to Susan F. Atkins Nov. 2, 1865. Two out of a family of four children survive him. They being Mrs. Mary McDonald and Mrs. Edith Strange of Danville. They formerly lived on farms near Pittsboro. In 1891 they sold out and moved to his late home. He took particular pride in his gardening and providing fuel with his ax with which he was particularly skillful, all of which contributed much to their living. He was a charter member of Thomas Ashby Post No. 451 to which he was devoted until seven years ago. Tender sympathy was extended to him in his illness and to the family in their bereavement expressed by the presence of comrades and neighbors and their ministries of love. Funeral services were held at the Christian church Sunday morning, Rev. Summer officiating. Relatives from a distance were Benjamin Franklin and wife, Dr. Harvey and wife, Mrs. Julian, and Miss Harvey, of Indianapolis, Ed. Prewitt, daughters and father, of Belle Union, Harvey Benbow and sons, Frank and Oscar and families, of Amo, Carrol McDonald, of Plymouth, Ill., Dr. Rodgers and wife, of Rockville, John Hubbel, of Monrovia, and Mrs. George Tincher, of Amo.
from the book, The Civil War Era: An Anthology of Sources:
"Did Union soldiers feel guilt over such acts of violence commited during the war? Regarding the mere observation of executions, one notes occasional comments in letters and diaries such as "entirely beyond the pale of civilization" or "awful". Regarding the feelings of Union men who actually did the hanging or shooting, the case of John A. Cundiff of the 99th Indiana Infantry is suggestive of an answer. Cundiff had apparently been detailed to shoot a Confederate prisoner of war, and in the years after the war, he was convinced that Rebel spies or relatives of the dead Confederate were after him. Affadavits taken by the Pension Bureau officials in 1893 and 1894 revealed the following behavior:
'He has always claimed that the rebels had spies out to kill him, and would take his gun and blanket and stay in the woods for days and nights at a time, and would leave the house at night and sleep in the fence corners....He told me one day that two or three of his neighbors were rebels from the south (there were some new people came in then) & that they were going to kill him but that he put his axe under his bed at night to defend himself.'
Cundiff's troubling memories of having shot Rebel prisoners calls to mind the atrocities and "abusive violence" that psychologists frequently discuss in reference to Vietnam veterans."
from the Republican for July 25, 1912:
Thursday, another old citizen and comrade whose illness was noted in these columns, passed serenely through the ordeal of death into the realms of the spirit world. He was the third comrade, each of whom resided in speaking distance on East Main Street, who has fallen from the ranks of the G. A. R. and numbered on the roster of Ashby Post in the past four months. John A. Cundiff was born 69 years ago near Amo. He was the second son of Jackson and and Mary (Harvey) Cundiff, his mother being a sister of Rev. Robert Harvey, an aged and venerable minister who yet survives. His brothers, Robert and Lewis, sister, Martha, and his parents preceded him in death years ago. In 1851, after the father's death, his mother and her three sons moved to this vicinity, locating near Pittsboro. She assumed the arduous task of rearing those boys to manhood. Her strong personality was expressed in Christian zeal, strong patriotism and social tendencies. Industriously and prudently, she met the tasks of life with no fears of failure. When the war clouds cast their shadows over our country and the call came for defenders of the flag, she willingly sacrificed her three sons to go into the conflict. Robert, the eldest and Louis, the younger brother, enlisted in Co. A, 51st Regiment, both losing their lives in the service. John enlisted in Co. H, 99th Volunteer Infantry, under Captain J. B. Homan. He served until the close of the war, doing valiant service in the hard marches and engagements to which he and his comrades were subjected. He received two wounds which permanently injured his body and mind. He was married to Susan F. Atkins Nov. 2, 1865. Two out of a family of four children survive him. They being Mrs. Mary McDonald and Mrs. Edith Strange of Danville. They formerly lived on farms near Pittsboro. In 1891 they sold out and moved to his late home. He took particular pride in his gardening and providing fuel with his ax with which he was particularly skillful, all of which contributed much to their living. He was a charter member of Thomas Ashby Post No. 451 to which he was devoted until seven years ago. Tender sympathy was extended to him in his illness and to the family in their bereavement expressed by the presence of comrades and neighbors and their ministries of love. Funeral services were held at the Christian church Sunday morning, Rev. Summer officiating. Relatives from a distance were Benjamin Franklin and wife, Dr. Harvey and wife, Mrs. Julian, and Miss Harvey, of Indianapolis, Ed. Prewitt, daughters and father, of Belle Union, Harvey Benbow and sons, Frank and Oscar and families, of Amo, Carrol McDonald, of Plymouth, Ill., Dr. Rodgers and wife, of Rockville, John Hubbel, of Monrovia, and Mrs. George Tincher, of Amo.
from the book, The Civil War Era: An Anthology of Sources:
"Did Union soldiers feel guilt over such acts of violence commited during the war? Regarding the mere observation of executions, one notes occasional comments in letters and diaries such as "entirely beyond the pale of civilization" or "awful". Regarding the feelings of Union men who actually did the hanging or shooting, the case of John A. Cundiff of the 99th Indiana Infantry is suggestive of an answer. Cundiff had apparently been detailed to shoot a Confederate prisoner of war, and in the years after the war, he was convinced that Rebel spies or relatives of the dead Confederate were after him. Affadavits taken by the Pension Bureau officials in 1893 and 1894 revealed the following behavior:
'He has always claimed that the rebels had spies out to kill him, and would take his gun and blanket and stay in the woods for days and nights at a time, and would leave the house at night and sleep in the fence corners....He told me one day that two or three of his neighbors were rebels from the south (there were some new people came in then) & that they were going to kill him but that he put his axe under his bed at night to defend himself.'
Cundiff's troubling memories of having shot Rebel prisoners calls to mind the atrocities and "abusive violence" that psychologists frequently discuss in reference to Vietnam veterans."
Thursday, another old citizen and comrade whose illness was noted in these columns, passed serenely through the ordeal of death into the realms of the spirit world. He was the third comrade, each of whom resided in speaking distance on East Main Street, who has fallen from the ranks of the G. A. R. and numbered on the roster of Ashby Post in the past four months. John A. Cundiff was born 69 years ago near Amo. He was the second son of Jackson and and Mary (Harvey) Cundiff, his mother being a sister of Rev. Robert Harvey, an aged and venerable minister who yet survives. His brothers, Robert and Lewis, sister, Martha, and his parents preceded him in death years ago. In 1851, after the father's death, his mother and her three sons moved to this vicinity, locating near Pittsboro. She assumed the arduous task of rearing those boys to manhood. Her strong personality was expressed in Christian zeal, strong patriotism and social tendencies. Industriously and prudently, she met the tasks of life with no fears of failure. When the war clouds cast their shadows over our country and the call came for defenders of the flag, she willingly sacrificed her three sons to go into the conflict. Robert, the eldest and Louis, the younger brother, enlisted in Co. A, 51st Regiment, both losing their lives in the service. John enlisted in Co. H, 99th Volunteer Infantry, under Captain J. B. Homan. He served until the close of the war, doing valiant service in the hard marches and engagements to which he and his comrades were subjected. He received two wounds which permanently injured his body and mind. He was married to Susan F. Atkins Nov. 2, 1865. Two out of a family of four children survive him. They being Mrs. Mary McDonald and Mrs. Edith Strange of Danville. They formerly lived on farms near Pittsboro. In 1891 they sold out and moved to his late home. He took particular pride in his gardening and providing fuel with his ax with which he was particularly skillful, all of which contributed much to their living. He was a charter member of Thomas Ashby Post No. 451 to which he was devoted until seven years ago. Tender sympathy was extended to him in his illness and to the family in their bereavement expressed by the presence of comrades and neighbors and their ministries of love. Funeral services were held at the Christian church Sunday morning, Rev. Summer officiating. Relatives from a distance were Benjamin Franklin and wife, Dr. Harvey and wife, Mrs. Julian, and Miss Harvey, of Indianapolis, Ed. Prewitt, daughters and father, of Belle Union, Harvey Benbow and sons, Frank and Oscar and families, of Amo, Carrol McDonald, of Plymouth, Ill., Dr. Rodgers and wife, of Rockville, John Hubbel, of Monrovia, and Mrs. George Tincher, of Amo.
from the book, The Civil War Era: An Anthology of Sources:
"Did Union soldiers feel guilt over such acts of violence commited during the war? Regarding the mere observation of executions, one notes occasional comments in letters and diaries such as "entirely beyond the pale of civilization" or "awful". Regarding the feelings of Union men who actually did the hanging or shooting, the case of John A. Cundiff of the 99th Indiana Infantry is suggestive of an answer. Cundiff had apparently been detailed to shoot a Confederate prisoner of war, and in the years after the war, he was convinced that Rebel spies or relatives of the dead Confederate were after him. Affadavits taken by the Pension Bureau officials in 1893 and 1894 revealed the following behavior:
'He has always claimed that the rebels had spies out to kill him, and would take his gun and blanket and stay in the woods for days and nights at a time, and would leave the house at night and sleep in the fence corners....He told me one day that two or three of his neighbors were rebels from the south (there were some new people came in then) & that they were going to kill him but that he put his axe under his bed at night to defend himself.'
Cundiff's troubling memories of having shot Rebel prisoners calls to mind the atrocities and "abusive violence" that psychologists frequently discuss in reference to Vietnam veterans."
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