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Treüe der Union: A German Union Man Cheats Death in Texas
Three days after the attack on August 10, 1862, Ernst Cramer returned to the battlefield near the Nueces River to search for his wounded friends. Nineteen dead German Americans, bloated, blackened, and putrid in the unrelenting west Texas heat lay … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier, Immigrants
Tagged battle of nueces river, conscription, Ernst Cramer, german-american, partisans, Texas, Unionist
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