Erected in 1866 to honor German Texan Unionists killed at the Battle of the Nueces in August 1862, when Confederate forces overtook a group trying to reach Mexico. It is one of very few monuments to the Union anywhere in the South, and it still stands a block off the main street in Comfort.
Getting there
29.9455, -98.9070
Locations are approximate and may be inaccurate, on private land, or otherwise inaccessible. Check before you travel.
Hear it from the road
Whistlestop tells you this story automatically when you drive past. No searching, no tapping, nothing to ask.
