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Treue Der Union Monument

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Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Treue Der Union Monument
Address:
High Street, Comfort, TX

The German-language Treue der Union Monument , is located in the Kendall County community of Comfort in the U.S. state of Texas. It was dedicated on August 10, 1866 to commemorate those who died at the 1862 Nueces massacre. Thirty-four were killed, some executed after being taken prisoner. With the exception of those drowned in the Rio Grande, the remains of the deceased are buried at the site of the monument. It has been called the only monument to the Union on formerly Confederate soil; however, scholars have debunked some too-broad claims of this nature, and in fact some qualification is necessary for this assertion to be true. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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