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4U YtAKb AUUSequel to Tragedy Which Occur-ed in Texas and Wherein About Thirty Union Sympathizers Lost Their Lives.INTERESTING ACCOUNTBy Captain George H. Pettis, Company K, First California Infantry, to Whoir. Survivors Applied For Help.Special Correspondence:Providence, Rhode Island, Dec. 6.— It is certainly strange that forty-two years after the occurrence of the affair related herewith that a person ’wav up here in Rhode Island, nearly 2,000 miles away, should be able to furnish its sequel:“In 18G4, the little town of Comfort, Texas, was settled by a colony of Germans just from their native country. Their settlement then was away from civilization and among hostile Indians, but the colony grew and prospered until 1861, when the heavy rumblings of Civil War began to roll on the distant horizon. The Southern Confederacy needed more men, and word was sent to the able-bodied men of Comfort to take up arms and defend their country.“After the messenger departed, 34
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Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Sat, Dec 10, 1904
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