The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-06-17
4 Thrilling Incident Of the War

We tiud in The CDur'rr des E'tots Un,s
The following narrative of 40 incident in
the .iege of Chsrl.zton, from the Nercurv
OF that cItv:
Tie Yankees. from time TO time throw
shell INTO he city, and nohoh, seems 10
sind It, bnt misfortune ~iIled thar w..
te,dsv y shell should throw the enflr.
community INTO mourning.
Miss Ann. plrk-ns, the dsurhter of our
former Go. ernnr, i.eyer consented TO leave
the cltr Despite the representation. Of
'fen. B+aursGsfd. she 'enslnsd, brayino
shells and Greek iire, rrrding the w..urd
ed and cheerir. all with her pres-nr. -
Among the wounded officers under her
uini>'etng care was Mr.. Andrew de Ro,
rhrle, u descendant Of one Of the nohrest
Hngueno' families of this city. Thu.
Young man WAS fall "f the lvpIie., yr.,i
tude to his fair nurse: crs'iruda gave
birth 10 q more tender srntiu snt: his ,ui,
WAS listened to; Governor ick.rs CAV.
his consent. srd 'h- marriage WAS fixed
for Yesterday, the ODD of April.
Lirutenant d. Rochelle WAS on duty a,
For Sumter in the morning. and il WINS
determined thar the cerrmon, should take
place At The residence Of Gpn Borham in
he evening. At seven O'Clock Atthe mo
msnt " en- the EpisropaI minister was
asking tie bride if she WAS ready, = shell
fell upon the roof Of the building. pene,ra-
ted 10 the room where the COMPANY were
assembled. burst, snd wounded nine per,
sons, and among the rest Misa Anna Pick
ems. We cannot describe the scene thai,
followed. Order was At las, ree.'ahliShed
and the wounded were removed. all a,cep,
the bride, who lay motionle.s upon the
carpet Her betrothed, kne.iry and
bending over her, WIS weeping bitterly.
and irving TO srsunch the blood hat we'll
ed from terrible wound under her l4fr
breast. A surgeon came. and declared
that Miss icken- hal rot longer than two
hours 10 live, Wa will not undertake to
paint he genera despair
When the aonuded girl recovered her
CONSTITUENCIES. she s-ked to know her fa.e
and when hey he-irsted to tell her
" Andrew" Abe said. Il beg YOU to tell
me the truth. If 7 must die | cen die
worthy Of YOU" The voun, soldiers
tears were his answer. and Miss Anna,
snmmouing all her strength. attempted to
smile Nothing could be more heart-rend
ing than to see the agonv Of this brave
gil, struggling in the embrace Of death
and against terrible mortal pang.-
Gov lickens, whose courae. ia known
was alu'ost without consciousness and
Mrs. Pickens looked upon her child with
the dry and hacgard eve O. one whose
reason to'ters
Liant de Rochelle was he first to sneak
" Anna" he cried. will die .oon, TO-,
bur | would have YOU die my life There
is vet time To unite rs"
The Young girl did no, reply. she was
TOO wax. A slight hu-h ro,. for an in.
slant 10 her pse cheek il could be- seen
'ha' Jov and pain were struggling in her
spirit for The mastery. Ling upon A sofa
her bridal dress all stained with bloo0. Der
hair di-heveied, she had never been more
heaurifnl Helpless rs she was Lien, 4.
W 'e 'ook HeF mana, ana reOUes' ed
Rev MIR. Dickinson 10 proceed with tho
ceremony. Whrn il vas time for the dv.
ing girl 10 .av Yes. her lips nar,ed several
times. but she could not ar,iculate. A,
las, the word WAS spoken, and a sliyh,
foam rested upon her lips. The diving ag-
ony ~as near The minister sobbed a. he
proceeded with the cer.monv. An hon,
afterwards all was over. and the bridal
chamber was The chamber Of death Lien,
de Rochelle has sworn 10 peri-h in ha,,Ie
sgsIn.r the Yankees ard We are ,ura ,ha,
he will keep "is oath He has dou-
bic motive 10 hate them and his own exist
cree
Our entire community share the Grief
that atii 90 the family Of Gov. P,ckens-
! h" "h>eq1es OF Miss Anna will occur to-
morrow morning At eleven o'clock GOV.
1i,kens and Lieut.. de Rurhelle will b..
chief mouruers. Our tx Governor desires
that there shall he no military parade
The funeral coFicga will be composed Of
all our aides, All our Magistrates. all our
Generals. aad the wounded sol,li.rs. many
of whom Owe t.,eir lie 10 The devotion cf
the decea-ed. Never has woman been
followed ~ q Q grave hv so many regret.
has one iefi -sdder rernen brsBc..
il he hesf:s af Charle,lonisn..