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The Daily Dispatch: June 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], An Incident of the Siege of Charleston. (search)
ers under her care was Mr. Andrew de Rochelle, a descendant of one of the noblest Hugnenot families of the city. This young man was full of the liveliest gratitude for his fair nurse; gratitude gave birth to a more tender sentiment; his suit was listed to, Governor Pickens gave his consent, and the marriage was fixed for yesterday, the 22d April. Lieut de Rochelle was on duty at Fort Sumter in the morning, and it was determined that the ceremony should take place at the residence of Gen. Bonham, in the evening, at 7 o'clock. At the moment when the Episcopal clergyman was asking the bride of she was ready, a shell fell upon the roof of the building, penetrated to the room where the company was assembled, burst and wounded nine persons, and among the rest, Miss Anna Pickens. We cannot describe the scene that followed. Order was at last re-established, and the wounded were removed, all except the bride, who lay motionless upon the carpet. Her betrothed, kneeling and bending over