On August 10, 1862, sixty Union sympathizing German-American Texans seeking to flee to Mexico were intercepted by Confederate troops and defeated at the Battle of Nueces. Thirty-seven were killed in action or later executed. In Comfort, Texas, their recovered bodies were buried in a mass grave, with several hundred people in attendance. A memorial on the site was planned and dedicated later, on August 10, 1866. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"Funeral of German Patriots," Harper's Weekly Magazine, January 20, 1866, 39.
Record Data
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Battles/Soldiers
