{"id":2958,"slug":"treue-der-union-comfort-texas","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Treue der Union is the '62 — the 'Germans' that's the refused Confederacy, the 'Nueces' that's the massacred. The 'Mexico' is the flight — the '61-68 Unionists' that's the camped, the 'McRae' that's the attacked dawn. The 'wounded' is the executed — the 'nine' that's the shot after, the 'eight more' that's the Rio Grande.","The '1866' is the monument — the 'oldest Texas' that's the Union, the 'bones' that's the gathered '65. The 'Loyalty to Union' is the German — the '36 names' that's the carved, the 'only Union monument' that's the claimed South. Treue is the exception — the 'Hill Country' that's the freedmen-friendly, the 'Comfort' that's the kept.","The file keeps Treue der Union: the 1862 massacre, the Mexico flight, the executed wounded, and the 1866 monument.","Treue der Union is the archive's Texas file — the Union's Germans."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Treue der Union is the archive's Texas file — the refusal's cost.","A monument keeps its bones — the file's suggestion being that Treue's hold is the massacred: the 'Germans' that's the refused, the 'nine' that's the executed, and the '1866' that's the oldest Union."]}],"name":"Treue der Union","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","CIVIL_WAR"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"The monument to the Union dead—killed by Confederates in 1862.","full_desc":"Treue der Union is a site in Comfort, Texas. The monument to the Union dead—killed by Confederates in 1862. Its accounts name only a collective — the union dead. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Comfort","county":null,"state":"Texas","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":29.972311,"lon":-98.904698,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"TX batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2763,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The massacre dead are reportedly remembered. The accounts name only a collective — the Union dead. Treue der Union's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Treue der Union'. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The Union dead","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Treue der Union","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treue_der_Union_Monument","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2764,"type":"HISTORICAL_LEGEND","description":"The massacre is documented history. Treue der Union in Comfort, Texas carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The press reported it; the reporting is documented, the phenomenon isn't. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents. The telling survives; the proof stays folklore.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","evidence_label":"Media reported","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Treue der Union","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treue_der_Union_Monument","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The August 1862 massacre and the 1866 monument are documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. Sources including 'Treue der Union' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1862-08","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Treue der Union","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treue_der_Union_Monument","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The massacre dead are reportedly remembered. Treue der Union in Comfort, Texas carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. The report is preserved in sources like 'Treue der Union'. Every community keeps one story like this; this is theirs.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Treue der Union","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treue_der_Union_Monument","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The Union dead","claimed_identity":"The Union dead","verified":null,"summary":"The massacre dead are reportedly remembered. The presences go by the Union dead in the file. The site in Comfort, Texas gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. Sources including 'Treue der Union' keep the claim in circulation. The file keeps The Union dead on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive.","behavior":"The massacre dead are reportedly remembered.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Treue der Union","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treue_der_Union_Monument","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site access varies; verify before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Treue der Union","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treue_der_Union_Monument","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}