The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-06-06

SICE. SOLDIERS.--Scarcely da,
passes but we meet the sick and un
healthy visage of some newl- returned
soldier from the South. There are al
ready several in the village, and W.
may expect more. During the coming
warm season we shall lose as many O
our brave boys by disease as we shall
by the bayonet and sword
DIED.-On Sunday night the Is
inst, Mrs. Mary Ann Jones, wife o
John Jones, of Manitowoc.
| GREAT BATTLE NEAR RICHMOND
WASHINGTON, JUNE, 1, 1S62.-The fol
lowing dispatch was received by the
war department, this afternoon:
Field of Battle, June l, II M.-We
have had desperate battle, in which
the corps of Gems. Sumner, Heintzel
man and Keyes were engaged, against
greatly increased numbers.
Yesterday at l o'clock, the enemy
taking advantage of terrible storm
which flooded the valley of the Chicka-
hominy, attacked our right flank
Caseys Division which was in first
line, gave way unaccountably. This
caused temporary confusion, during
which the guns and baggage were
lost, but Heintzelman and Kearney
most gallantly brought up their troops,
which checked the enemy, and at the
same time succeeded by great exertions
in bringing across Gems. Sedgwick' IS
and Richardson's Divisions, who drove
back the enemy at the point of the
bayonet, covering the ground with his
dead.
This morning the enemy attempted
to renew the conflict, but was every
where repulsed. We have taken
many prisoners, among whom is Gen.
Pettegren, and Col. Long.
Our loss is heavy, but the enemy's
must be enormous.
Several fine bayonet charges were
made. Two days of the battle of Rich
mond have been fought, in both of
which we were victorious. The loss
is heavy on both sides.
We have taken some 500 prisoners,
among whom are several prominent
officers. On Sunday, as soon as it was
light, the fight was renewed by Gen.
Sumner with marked success, the
fight lasting nearly the. whole day.
The rebels were driven at every point
with heavy loss.
The ground gained by Gen. Sumner
was about two and half miles.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.-C
sions have been issued as follows: To
Horace Walker, as captain, Co. A, 9th
regiment, vice Clark, resigned; to w.
S. Goodwin, as lst lieut.. same Co., vice
Walker promoted: and to Henry
Roehr, as End lieut.. same Co., vice
Goodwin promoted.
Gustav Winter meyer, son of Valen-
tine Wintermeyer, OF Manitowoc, has
been promoted to the 2nd lieutenancy
OF Co. G 4th regiment, by reason of
the resignation of Capt. Gray, and the
promotion of the lst lieut. This is a
Sheboygan company.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
Ole Berge of this city knows what it
is to be papa now. A little girl who
arrived at his house last week will call
him by that name when she masters
the language.
Alfred Rummele had a birthday an
niversary on Tuesday last which could
not be fittingly celebrated any where
but in Sheboygan where there are
many who love him for his good looks
and superior qualities. But the car on
which he took passage had hot box
and Alfred spent the night in a swamp
holding lantern for skilled workmen
and racking his brain in the vain en-.
deavor to guess who was filling that
vacant chair.
Tuesday night the waterworks ques
ton will be voted upon by the people
of this city. The subject seems to be
received with a great deal of indifrer
ence and unless something in the mean
time should center interest in the
matter, it will call out only light
vote. But the vote should be a full
one. The city council leaves the
matter to the people and wants to be
guided by their Judgment. The result
of the election should be a full ex
preston Of opinion by the people. Il
is always undesirable to have such
questions settled by comparatively few
persons.
Will Nash has become "the glass o
fashion" at Two Rivers and he ofrer
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