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Battle of the Nueces - Texas

Lt. Colin D. McRae was at Camp Pedernales (Morris Ranch) when he received orders from Captain Duff to scout and break up any armed encampments in the area. McRae’s command included 94 men who were detached from Captain John Donnelson’s Company of the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles, Duff’s Company of Texas Partisan Rangers, Captain Henry D. Davis’ Company of Texas State Troops, and Taylor’s 8th Texas Cavalry Battalion (Underwood, 2000, pp. 43-44).

What ensued is known in history as the Battle of the Nueces. This is a notable Civil War battle within Texas and the Hill Country (Hoffman, 1929) (Glenn, 1991, pp. 18-21) (Williams, 1907).

The “Treue der Union” Monument in Comfort lists the following casualties:
West Side: Killed in Battle at Nueces, Aug. 10, 1862 -- Leopold Bauer, F. Behrens, Ernst Boerner, Albert Bruns, Hugo Degener, Fritz Vater, Hilmar Degener, Pablo Dias, Adolph Vater, Johann Geo. Kalenberg, Heinrich Markwart, Christian Schaefer, Louis Schierholz, Heinrich Steves, Amrey Schreiner, Wilhelm Telgmann, Michael Weirich, Heinrich Weyerhaeuser.
North Side: Captured (or taken prisoner) and murdered -- Wilheim Boerner, Theodore Buckisch, Conrad Bock, F. Tays, Heinrich Stieler, Herman Flick, August Luckenbach, Louis Ruebsamen, Adolph Ruebseman.
South Side: Killed at Rio Grande, October 18, 1862 -- Joseph Elster, Ernst Felsing, Peter Bonnet, Franz Weiss, H. Hermann, Valentine Hohmann, Moritz Weiss.

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