Marker Inscription
("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. (1968)
About this site
"Treue Der Union" is a historical marker in Comfort, Kendall County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 60 historical markers documented in Kendall County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 110 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.9698, -98.9138 near Comfort. The nearest cataloged historic site is Freidenker (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Brinkmann, Otto, Brinkmann, Otto, House, and Comfort Community Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5259000015. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
