Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1887 — THE NEW ULM MASSACRE. [ARTICLE]

THE NEW ULM MASSACRE.

Celebration of the Xwenty-fiftli Anniversary of the Battle. [New UJm (Minn.) telegram.] Tuesday was the twenty-fbth anniversary of the battle of New Ulm, and the city gave a right royal welcome to the surviving defenders who, a quarter of a century ago, risked their lives in her defense. It was at a time when the drafts upon Minnesota for the civil war had taken away many of her able-bodied citizens, leaving comparatively few to defend the firesides. The Indians seized this opportunity, and then followed the great Sioux massacre, the most sanguinary conflict of which was the battle of New Ulm. But Colonel Charles Flandrau, now of St. Paul, and a few well-armed men came from St. Peter aud the town was saved. Numbers of the old defenders were at New Ulm from Mankato, St. Paul, Le Sueur, St. Peter, and other cities. All the streets were gayly decorated.