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"Treue der Union"
Monument in Comfort
TE photo, 2008 |
"Treue
der Union" Monument
Near
the High School. High Street between 3rd and 4th.
This memorial is for German settlers who were established here, but
were killed on their way to Mexico during the Civil War. They were
attacked by Confederate forces near Brackettville
on August 10, 1862. The bodies were not buried and the bones were
retrieved and placed here in 1865. The monument was erected in 1866.
The incident shares several similarities to the Bandera
Tragedy Tree incident. |
Historical Marker:
Treue Der
Union (Loyalty to the Union)
This
German language monument, erected 1866, honors the memory of 68 men
(mostly Germans) from this region who were loyal to the Union during
the Civil War. Trying desperately to reach U.S. Federal troops by
way of Mexico,
about 40 of the men were killed by vengeful Confederates bent on annihilating
them, in the Battle of the Nueces (on Aug. 10, 1862) and a later fight
(Oct. 18). The bodies of the slain and those who drowned swimming
the Rio Grande were left unburied. A group of Germans gathered the
bones of their friends and buried them at this site in 1865. |
It is said that
only this monument and Arlington National Cemetery are permitted to
fly the American flag at half staff the year round.
TE photo, 2008 |
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