New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-04-03

HAS somewhat reduced your wine
cellars, my condition is, say, that I
may be permitted to bring half dozen
cases of champagne for the wedding
feast. "
Il assure you, sir, that it is not nee
essary. We are getting cargoes of wine
from Havre by regular line of steam
ers. 1t is your own mess tables at Chat
tanooga that are doubtless bereft of bev-
erages, owing to the fact that our Gen
eral Wheeler is circus riding in Ten
nessee, leaving no road or railroad open
to you.'
'Do you consent that I shall bring
the wine?''
II do, sir, but shall claim for the
host, general officer related to the
bride, the privilege of supplying an
equal number of cases. "
agreed. will meet you here at 6
O'Clock this evening, when you can con-
duct me and my party to the place where
the ceremony is to take place. You mag
say, if you please, that shall consider
the invitation extended to my wife,
whom will bring with me. "
"Wo shall feel highly honored, sir,
at Mrs Maynard's presence. Am to
infer, sir, that your wife has been able
to reach you over the burned bridges
and trestlework in your rear?'
''She has found no difficulty what
ever in joining me. -
Maynard failed to add that Laura had
only come few miles to meet him.
Good day, SIR said the officer, rails
ing his hat. Il shall expect you at o.
GOOD day. l will be on time.
And each rode away in the direction
Of their respective camps.
Maynard's offer of the wine had come
about in this wise: Jakey, during the
previous week, had been investigating
such empty houses as he could find in
Chattanooga and had loaded himself
down with knickknacks, such as china
ornaments, pictures, crockery, cutlery,
including even daguerreotypes. On one
occasion he thought he had discovered a
box of muskets. This he reported to
Colonel Maynard, whom he persuaded
to go with him to cellar near by and
make a search for concealed arms. The
muskets were found, besides half doz-
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less been there since the beginning of
the war.
Upon leaving the picket line May
nard rode to the house where he had
seen the wine and secured it for the
evening, placing a guard over it. Then
he went to the hotel and babe Laura get
ready to attend wedding
There was CONSERVATION in the Con-
federate camp when the officer returned
with the information that the Yankee
had tried to bluff him by claiming the
privilege of bringing champagne with
him, and that he had claimed the right
for the hosts to furnish an equal amount
The telegraph was set in motion at once
directing search to be made in all the
neighboring towns for the required bev-
erage. Dalton, Cleveland and other
points were ransacked without success.
About 2 O'Clock in the afternoon, as
despair was settling on the Confederates,
a telegram was received that some
champagne had been found in Atlanta.
The authorities there were directed to
send it by special locomotive, marking
it: Ammunition Forward with dis
patch. -
At o'clock Maynard, accompanied
by Laura, and Jakey, who was always
with him, besides a wagon containing
the case OF wine, were at the appointed
place on tho picket line, where they
were met by the Confederate alag"
Transferring the wine to the backs Of
pack mules, all started up the side of
Mission ridge to General Bragg's head
quarters.
AS they approached the crest body
Of Confederate officers, a gay cavalcade
in gray and gold lace, rode out to meet
them. They were received by the rela-
tive of the bride-an uncle-referred to
by the officer who brought the invita-
ton. He was an elderly man, of dig
nified and serious mien. The party were
conducted to large marquee set up for
the wedding feast. There they alighted,
and the wine was unloaded and carried
inside.
A few minutes before 7 o'clock the
guests were conducted to knoll, on the
summit Of which had been erected a
canopy of flowers, and where stood a
group of Confederates of high rank
On the eastern horizon stood the full
moon. Below to the east was the BATTLE
field of Chickamauga. To the west the
Army of the Cumberland, besieged in
Chattanooga, On half rations. AS the
guests approached, the groom, still in
his uniform Of a corporal, attended by
his best mana Confederate noncom-
missioned officer of good family, detail
ed for the occasion-was seen moving
from the north toward the knoll. At
the same moment the bride, attired in a
dress made Of a coarse white stuff, man
ufactured in the Confederacy, and at
tended by several bridesmaids, who had
come from distance to of1iciate, ap-
preached from the south. The two met
on the knoll under the canopy. An Off
Ger Of high rank, who was also bishop
in the church, stepped forward, and Cor
poral Sir Hugh Ratigan and Caroline
Fitz Hugh were made one. The only
lamp to light the nuptials was the round
moon in the east. The only canopy, save