Treue der Union
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.
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Is Treue der Union haunted?
The record holds 2 claims, 1 legend, 1 named entity — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed documented legend. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
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.
Why this file matters
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.
The record of claims
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.
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.
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.
Alleged entities
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.
Documented history
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.
Verified historyWikipedia
Sources on file
- 01Treue der UnionWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
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