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The Nueces Massacre, also known as the Massacre on the Nueces, was a violent confrontation between Confederate soldiers and Texas Germans [5] on August 10, 1862, in Kinney County, Texas. Many first-generation immigrants from Germany settled in Central Texas in a region known as the Hill Country .
Westover positioned two small groups of men to guard the Nueces River crossings, about 70 yards (64 m) from the fort. [22] As the rest of the Texians prepared for a dawn assault, two San Patricio residents wandered into their camp. [21] Westover arrested one of them, James O'Riley, for "aiding and assisting the enemy". [16]
Camp Wood Public Library, March 2011 Scenic view from Texas State Highway 55 south of Camp Wood, March 2011. As of the census [4] of 2000, 822 people, 281 households, and 198 families resided in the city. The population density averaged 1,629.8/mi 2 (634.8/km 2). The 352 housing units averaged 697.9/mi 2 (271.8/km 2).
The Nueces with a low water level through Cotulla, the seat of La Salle County, Texas. The Nueces River (/ nj u ˈ eɪ s ɪ s / new-AY-siss; Spanish: Río Nueces, IPA: [ˈri.o ˈnweses]) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, about 315 miles (507 km) long. [1] It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico.
In August 1862, Confederate soldiers under Lt. Colin D. McRae tracked down a band of German Texans headed out of state and attacked their camp in a bend of the Nueces River. After a pitched battle that resulted in the deaths of two Confederates and the wounding of McRae and eighteen of his men, the Unionists were routed.
1913: On April 3, [11] the Texas state legislature establishes Real County from parts of Edwards, Bandera, and Kerr counties. Leakey is the county seat. [9] 1920: Camp Wood township is founded and becomes a railroad terminus to transport heart cedar. [12] 1924: Charles A. Lindbergh lands in Real County. [13] [14] 1948: Farm to Market Road 337 ...
The German-American Treue der Union Monument (Loyalty to the Union), is located in the Kendall County community of Comfort in the U.S. state of Texas.It was dedicated on August 10, 1866 to commemorate the German-Texans who died at the 1862 Nueces massacre.
James Power (1788 or 1789 – August 15, 1852) was an Irish-born Texan empresario, politician and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, known for the land grant he received with partner James Hewetson that included the coastal area between the mouths of the Guadalupe and Nueces Rivers, as well as his founding and service as the first mayor of the Aransas City settlement.