photo by Duane Peterson, July 2008
This burial site and monument is located on High Street, between 3rd and 4th Sts.
Comfort, Kendall County, Texas.
Treue der Union
The following men
were killed at the battle on the west wing of the Nueces river by Confederate
Forces
August 10, 1862.
Their remains were interred in a common grave on August 20, 1865. A
momument honoring
all the Union
Loyalist who died trying to reach Mexico was erected and dedicated August 10,
1866.
Bauer, Leopold b. 1839 in Prussia d.
August 10, 1862
Behrens, Fritz b. unknown d.
August 10, 1862
Beseler, Ernst b. 1842 in Wesel, Ger. d.
August 10, 1862
Boerner, Louis b. 1842 in Hanover, Ger. d.
August 10, 1862
Burns, Albert b. 1838 in Prussia d.
August 10, 1862
Degener, Hilmar b. 1840 in Brunswhich, Ger. d.
August 10, 1862
Degener, Hugo b. 1842 in Brunswhich, Ger. d.
August 10, 1862
Diaz, Pablo b. 1840 in Mexico d.
August 10, 1862
Kallenberg, John G. b.
1841 in Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Ger. d.
August 10, 1862
Markwort, Heinrich b.
1830 in Prussia d.
August 10, 1862
Schaefer, Christian b.
1844 d.
August 10, 1862
Schierholz, Louis b.
1833 d.
August 10, 1862
Schreiner, Amil b.
1839 in France d.
August 10, 1862
Steves, Heinrich b.
1834 in Prussia d.
August 10, 1862
Telgmann, Wilhelm b.
1830 in Brunswhich, Ger. d.
August 10, 1862
Vater, Adolph b.
1839 in Prussia d.
August 10, 1862
Vater, Friedrich b.
unknown d.
August 10, 1862
Weyershausen, Heinrich b. 1830 in
Duchy of Nassau d.
August 10, 1862
Weirich, Michael b.
1839 in Prussia d.
August 10, 1862
The following men escaped from the battle at the west wing of the Nueces
River but were later caught by
Confederate Forces and executed.
Bock, Conrad b.
1836 in Prussia d.
August 24, 1862
Boerner, William b.
1830 in Hanover, Ger. d.
August 20, 1862
Bruckish, Theodore b. 1838 d.
August 20, 1862
Flick, Herman b.
unknown d.
August 20, 1862
Luckenbach, August b. 1833
in Duchy of Nassau d.
August 20, 1862
Ruebsamen, Adolph b. 1840
in Duchy of Nassau d.
August 20, 1862
Ruebsamen, Louis b. 1843
in Duchy of Nassau d.
August 20, 1862
Stieler, Heinrich b.
1845 d.
August 20, 1862
Tays, Fritz b.
1842 in Hanover, Ger. d.
August 24, 1862
The following men were killed while crossing the Rio Grande on August
18, 1862
Bonnet, Peter b.
Feb. 8, 1833 in Charlettenburg, Prussia d.
August 18, 1862
Elstner, Joseph b.
1840 d.
August 18, 1862
Felsing, Ernst b.
1829 in Hessen-Darmstad, Ger. d.
August 18, 1862
Herrmann, Henry b.
1841 in Duchy of Nassau d.
August 18, 1862
Hohmann, Valentine b. 1829
in Saxony, Ger. d.
August 18, 1862
Lange, Fritz b.
1832 in Hanover, Ger. d.
August 18, 1862 *
Weiss, Franz b.1843 d.
August 18, 1862
Weiss, Moritz b.
1836 d.
August 18, 1862
* Fritz Lange is honored as one of those who died at the Rio Grande, but
his name has not been placed
on the monument because his involvement was not verified until many
years after his death.
Researched and submitted by Duane Peterson on July 21, 2008