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During the Civil War, Sunday served in the Union Army, first with the 6th Regiment of the Corps d'Afrique and later with the 78th Infantry, United States Colored Troops. Returning to Pensacola after the war, Sunday quickly became a leader in the black community. Sunday served participated in the Florida House of Representatives in 1874 and was later elected to the [[Pensacola City CouncilWikipedia:Siege of Port Hudson|Siege of Port Hudson]]. among other engagements.

After the war, Sunday returned to Pensacola with a wife, Seraphine, whom he had met in Louisiana. Sunday quickly became a leader in the black community. Sunday served in the Florida House of Representatives in 1874 and was later elected to the [[Pensacola City Council]]. Sunday founded a successful contracting firm, which built hundreds of houses and commercial buildings throughout the city, as well as several other business and real estate investments. When Jim Crow laws forced African-American business owners out of [[downtown Pensacola]], Sunday helped establish [[Belmont-DeVilliers]] as Pensacola's primary black business district. When Pensacola's black Catholics formed [[St. Joseph Catholic Church]], Sunday provided the land for the new church. By the time Sunday retired, he was quite wealthy; in his 1907 book “The Negro in Business,” famed black author educator Booker T. Washington called Sunday "the wealthiest colored man in that section of the state," estimating Sunday's fortune at $125,000, or more than $3.4 million in 2018 dollars.