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)