Mass Grave of Union Sympathizers - Comfort, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 29° 58.187 W 098° 54.824
14R E 508323 N 3315439
The "True to the Union" Monument marks the mass grave of 68 German-American farmers from Comfort. They were massacred by other Texans when they tried to join the Union Army.
Waymark Code: WMV45H
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2017
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Limestone Obelisk Monument erect in 1866 honors 68 men who were loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
Inscription: (On east side:) "Treue der Union" (On north side:) "Captured and Murdered: Wilhelm Boerner, Theo. Bruckisch, C. Bock, H. Flick, F. Tays, A. Luckenbach, L. Ruebsamen, A. Ruebsamen, Heinrich Stieler. (On west side:) Killed at the Nueces: August 10, 1862 Ludwig Bauer, F. Behrens, Ernst Beseler, Louis Boerner, Albert Bruns, Hugo Degener, Hilmar Degener, Pablo Diaz, F. Vater, Emil Schreiner, J. H. Kallenberg, H. Markwardt, C. Shaeferm Louis Schierholz, Heinrich Steves, Wilhelm Telgmann, M.Weyrich, H. Weyershauser, A. Vater. (On south side:) Killed October 18, 1862, at the Rio Grande Joseph Elstner, EdwardFelsing, H. Hermann, Peter Bonnet, V. Hohmann, Moritz Weiss, Franz Weiss, Fritz Lange.
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