The Legacy of the Texas Hill Country in the Civil War
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The Nueces Massacre: A Civil War Conflict in the Texas Hill Country
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When the dust from the battle settled, 15 dissenters sustained injuries, 19 died, and the rest fled to the surrounding hills. Eventually, most of them succeeded in reaching Mexico and a handful later served with the Union army. The Confederate troops under Duff saw 18 wounded and 12 dead. Ultimately, the Confederates shot nine of the wounded dissenters, and after that, the wind fell out of the sails of the Hill Country dissenters.
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Today, if you want to pay your respects to those who perished in the Nueces Massacre, visit Comfort, Texas. The town accepted the bodies of the 36 who died in the massacre to be buried nearby. A monument called “Treue der Union” (German for “true to the Union”) stands nearby with the 36-star flag of the United States from 1862 flying at half-mast nearby.
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