New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-10-04
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,IgaIlant Old NJ inneaotsa First and |its fa.
NOUS la1 chargs az Get he praise
Iis. such IS has been accorded but rarely
i to deeds Of drawer an II
' The State 1t NIIinneso through 8
4 board of commits toner's aut horned by
the Legislature, has erected a monument
on the battIcfie1d of Gett ysburg to- com
j memorate the deeds of the First infantry
It 5o be dedicated ID the early part 81 o.
Itober.
, here have been wonderful charges iii
the great BATTLES Of the world, charges
that still thrill The sold 81 then lions,
5lcharges that through succeeding genera
5Itions have won, and still shall win. the
admitting recognition Of the ii tician, the
1noblest lines Of the histo rian, the rich and
splendid imagery of the poet
Yet from the loins Of this young CON.
/ nonwealth sprang q egiment Of men
4 who made a charge more onderful IN
ats daring, more terrible in itsresn lt.morre
Irich insits legacy of loyal tv,I than any
that preceded it the most heroic charge
1 of history.
! The hot Julyssun was zenith mon
the field of Getty burg that sdlreful tlay
in the midst Of the fercest battle Of the
centuries. Gallant &C #Hancock .reach-
ling the spot where the Union line was
being forced bach Ward, hating his f,1ri-
Iously rid den horse, called out
hat regiment is that ~ 5
The First Minnesota. Z
e Charge those lines y
charge into eternity that order
meant. At double quick, without dis
charging a gun, with the concentrated
] fire OF the Confederate army pouring a
4 leaden rain Of death upon them at do,l-.
1 ble-q Quick, then at full speed, they
charged into the enemy's advancing
ranks, Gen. Hancock what alive min min
Eutes' respite meant the arrival Of re-en-
forcements and q turning of the tide Of
hattie. He sacrificed this noble regi-
ment in those fearful five minutes, and
the position was held The charge saved
the day, but 80 per cent of the men WHO
made the charge were left on the field.
Nearly every officer was dead or mortal
/ ~ wounded. OF the 262 men who made
the charge 81 5 were shot down by the
bullets OF the enemy v; FORT seven were
still in line. Judge Lochren of Minnea-
lpolis, now commissioner Of pensions, in
his description Of the charge Of whiehhe
was one ofsthe few survivors, saws: sa.
1.-THE annals Of war contain no par-
| allel to this charge. In its desperate
yalor, complete execution, successful re-
/ suit, and its sacrifice of men in proper
ton to the number engaged, authentic
.Ehlstory has no record with which It can
be compared. 3
N. a. Paulson, president of the Cen
tury Piano Go. Of Minneapolis, paid a
visit Isl to the company s agent in this CITY.
] Mr.. =. w. Hauenstein, last week. While
here he made arrangements for CARVING
on q more extensive business for. the
!. Mehlln piano in this vicinity, and also
took occasion to say that New Ulm was
one OF the finest and cleanest towns in
the state had ever visited. .55,.
Renville county has sent two men, Ed.
\ |'1 Thomas and Frank Meyer. to our coun-
8 ty bastile fol. stealing Al SOW and her lit
l ter. The young culprits claimed that
the owner Of the animals B was indebted
] to them for wages, and, as he refused to
4 pay them. they concluded to attach the
said property without due procedure ot
] law. thus laying themselves liable to in
4 dictment for grand larceny.
The sackett Theatre Company opened
8 q weeks Engagement at Union Hall on
Monday evening in s Kldnapp d. = In
4 tins interesting comedy drama MI. Sack.
i EFT appears as Louie Reingold, the Ger
man brewers son, who though inclined
j to be dudish, always turns, up with gen.
q uine shrewdness at the proper momen,
to sure both hero and heroine and to foil
q the villain who seems to be 50. essential
to every play.
Mr.. sackett is funny. He is easy. He
B is thorough in details, Imaginable in his
J. portraya of the German. hose Enplisl,
is broken, and should he during the week
4 #klke keep up to standard set by himself 4 on
4 sl Monday evening he will not lack for en-.
thusiastic applause. All who saw him
Monday night liked and praised him and
4 that is send IF sufficient for any actor
4 The emo tional roles are carried by his
wife and she puts both feeling and now.
] ST INTO the parts she assumes. On the
whole the scomp any IS one that viii fur
nish our people with plent Of good ,,,,d
] am for 8 week, il they are viii
1 ing TO avail themsel Ives the opportu
i nifty
hrce men were brought down from
Lam berton Monday afternoon i, and lode
led nthe county jail becoming IN IN
toxicated as the commii tment reads, from
i drinking iltoxi eating w,o of