PRIVATE JAMES S. CUNNINGHAM

U.S. ARMY

DIVISION: 8th Missouri Infantry

COMPANY: D

DATE OF BIRTH: 30 DEC 1840

PLACE OF BIRTH: Washington County, Pennsylvania

DATE OF DEATH: 1 APR 1921

PLACE OF DEATH: Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas

BURIAL: Big Creek Cemetery, Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas

NOTEWORTHY FACTS: Received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the Civil War at Vicksburg, Mississippi on 22 May 1863.

CITATION: Gallantry in the charge of the “volunteer storming party”.