New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-10-04
INC ST MEMO B CHARGE
That Of the Gallant First Minnesota Regii-
ment at Gettysburg.

Harpers Weekly, in a recent editorial,
paid the following compliment to the
gallant old Minnesota First and its IA
NOUS charge at Gettysburg. The praise
IS such as has been accorded but rarely
1 to deeds of bravery in war.
The State of Minnesota, through a
board OF commissioners authorized by
4 the Legislature, has erected a monument
on the battlefield Of Gettysburg to com
memorate the deeds of the First infantry
to be. dedicated in the early part Of DC
tober.
There have been wonderful charges in
the great battles of the world, charges
that still thrill the soldiers of the nations,
charges that through succeeding genera
tons have won, and still shall win, the
admiring recognition of the fictician, the
noblest lines Of the historian, the rich and
splendid imagery of the poet:
Yet from the loins of this young com.
monwealth sprang a regiment of men
7 who made charge more wonderful in
It's daring, more terrible in its result, more
rich in its legacy of loyalty, than any
that preceded 1.-THE most heroic CHARGE
ofhistory. i-'- We. >n-, ..s.:s ~
f. The hot July4sun was zenith upon
the field of Gettysburg that dlreful dav
IN the midst Of the fercest battle of the
centuries. Gallant Gen. Hancock, reach
ing the spot where the Union line was
being forced backward, hating his furi-
ously ridden horse, called out:
"What regiment is that?"
s'The First Minnesota
! s''Charge those linesr' -.
A charge into eternity that order
meant. At double quick, without dis
charging a gun, with the concentrated
fire of the Confederate army pouring a
leaden rain of death upon them-at dou-
ble-Quick, then at full speed, they
charged into the enemy's advancing
ranks, Gen. Hancock saw that five min
utes' respite meant the arrival of re-en-
forcements and turning of the tide of
battle. He sacrificed this noble regi-
ment in those fearful five minutes, and
the position was held. The charge saved
the day, but 50 per cent OF the men WHO
made the charge were left on the field.
Nearly every officer was dead or mortal
ly wounded. Of the 262 men who made
the charge 215 were shot down by the
bullets Of the enemy; forty-seven we're
still in line. Judge Lochren of Minnea-
polls, now commissioner of pensions, in
his description of the charge of which he
was one of the few survivors, says:
"The annals of war contain no par
allel to this charge. In it's desperate
valor, complete execution, successful re-
suit, and its sacrifice of men in propor-
ton to the number engaged, authentic
history has no record with which it can
be compared"
NJ. A. Paulscn, president of the Cen
tury Piano Co. of Minneapolis, paid a
visit to the company's agent in this city,
MI. f. W. Hauenstein, last week. While
here he made arrangements for carving
on more extensive business for the
Mehlin piano in this vicinity, and also
took occasion to say that New Ulm was
one oil the finest and cleanest towns in
the state he had ever visited. a.
Renvllle county has sent two men, Ed
Thomas and Frank Meyer. to our coun
ty bastile for stealing SOW and her lit
ter. The young culprits claimed thai
the owner of the animals was indebted
to them for wages, and, as he refused tt
pay them. they concluded to attach the
S said property without due procedure O.
a law thus laying themselves liable to in
: dictment for grand larceny.
The sackett Theatre Company opened
70 a weeks engagement at Union Hall or
Monday evening in "Kndnapped." Ii
this interesting comedy drama Mr.. Sack
EFT appears as Louie Reingold, the Ger
Z. man brewers son, who though inclined
: to be dudlsh, always turns, up with gen
r ulne shrewdness at the proper momen,
e to sure both hero and heroine and to foil
l the villain. who seems to be so essential
to every play.
: Mr.. Sackett is funny. He is easy. He
, is thorough in details, laughable in his
portrayal of the German. whose Enelis]
is broken, and should he during the week
keep up to standard set by himself or
Monday evening he will not lack for en-
thusiastic applause. All who saw bin
Monday night liked and praised him an6
! that is send-off sufficient for any actor
The emotional roles are carried by his
wife and she puts both feeling and DOW
er into the parts she assumes. On the
whole the company is one that will fur.
n1sh our people with plenty Of gooo
amusement for week, if they are will.
ing to avail themselves of the opportu-
: nity..
s Three men were brought down from
, Lamberton Monday afternoon and lodp-
ed IN the county jail for becoming in.
toxlcated as the commitment reads. from
drinking intoxicating LIQUOR, Two Of