Nueces River massacre, 1862

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Memorial to the victims of the massacre, Comfort

The massacre at the Nueces River in 1862 was a war crime of the southern states - Army in the American Civil War , committed to German-born Texan conscientious objectors on 10. August 1862 .

The violent clash between the Confederate soldiers and the - from their point of view - rebelling German-Texans occurred twenty miles from Fort Clark in Kinney County , Texas .

The prehistory of the incident consisted in the spring of 1862 when a Confederate troop conscription was called for all male Texans capable of military service. Many German-Texans objected to this. Like many residents of Mexican descent, they were convinced ideological supporters of the opposing side, the unionists , in the looming civil war. These German-Texans came primarily from settlement areas in central Texas and from communities in the Texan hill country ( Gillespie County , Kerr County , Kendall County , Medina County and Bexar County ). When the voting behavior of the citizens of these counties became known, they were declared renegades by the Confederate rulers. At the same time soldiers were sent to force them to change their minds. When this became known in turn, many Texans of German origin from both regions decided to flee to Mexico.

On August 10, 1862, 61 fleeing German-Texans, who came from the Texan hill country, were provided by Confederate cavalry units on the west bank of the Nueces River . The soldiers shot 34 refugees. Later investigations revealed that some of them were executed after they surrendered.

The German-born refugees from central Texas escaped a similar fate. They made it to Mexico City from Austin County under the guidance of Paul Machemehl .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. University of Texas history website
  2. texasczech studies
  3. Texas Almanac ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.texasalmanac.com
  4. University of Texas history website
  5. University of Texas history website
  6. Texas history online about the Nueces incident
  7. Chronology
  8. Austin Chronicle (May 18, 2001)
  9. Wintermann Library ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wintermannlibrary.org