Life and Adventures of Ben Thompson
Thompson faces mob violence after a fatal shooting in Coombs case. He evades arrest, seeks safety, and is eventually tried for murder but acquitted. He and Captain Rapp later rejoin recruiting, as the Civil War winds toward its end and the regiment is disbanded. The narrative closes with imminent upheaval looming over Thompson.
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Thompson
Ben Miller
Ben
Bill
Coombs
Rapp
Captain Rapp
Charles L. Robards
McLoughlin
Robards
Hancock
West
Waco
Grant
Sherman
Lincoln
Brooks
Thompson Escapes Jail to Join Maximilian Supporters
Thompson, jailed in Travis County on orders of Colonel Badger, escapes with eight companions after secret talks with two sergeants and five enlisted men. They cross the Rio Grande to Matamoros then to Captain Gilly in the Heroic City, seeking a commission and exile with Maximilian’s forces. the plan unfolds amid Civil War afterlives and political turmoil.
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Lincoln
Waco
First Louisiana Cavalry
Badger
Austin
Thompson
Travis County
John Hancock
Andrew J. Hamilton
James H. Bell
Dr. Phillips
KE. M. Pease
Mark
Achilles
Caesar
Brutus
Arnold
Judas
Maximillian
Mexico
Napoleon
Confederacy
Maximilian
Benito Gomez
Jasper Spain
Gomes
Spain
Georgia
Mejia
Gilly
Ben
Congress Avenue
Dan
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Lower
Rio Grande
San An
Tonio
Matamoras
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Dru
Keidel & Kallenberg
Ives
Tralec
McCormick & Co
Baltimore, Md
Ben Thompson
Frontier Times
Bandera
Texas
Flouney
Terrell
Shelby
Bee
Price
Jackson
Watkins
Green
Johnson
Fredericksburg Welding and Iron Works
Erwin Birkelbach
Frigidaires
City Cafe
Travelers Cafe
Schneider's Produce Co. Central Drug Co
Henke Bros
Peter Kleck
A. P C. Petsch
R. G. Striegler
Hy Mogford
R. Maier
F. W. Maier
Louis Seiter
Aug. Lott
Carl Kroll, Jr
Felix W. Maier
Surveyors Chain
Same
Eddy Kramer
Fredericksburg, Tex
D. A. Hillman
Brownwood
Coggin Nat’l. Bank
Oscar Stein
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