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Lamar W. Hankins : German Freethinkers and the Massacre at the Nueces

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

A number of German Freethinking Unionists were hung after the massacre at the Nueces River in the Texas Hill Country. Graphic from Thoughts, Essays, and Musings on the Civil War. Inset image below: Treu der Union monument at Comfort, Texas. … Continue reading →

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