{"nrhp_refnum":"78002966","name":"Treue Der Union Monument","other_names":["Civil War Monument","Union Monument","Nueces Battlefield Monumen"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Comfort","county":"Kendall County","state":"TX","lat":29.969769546000066,"lon":-98.91386824199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["national","state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commemorative limestone monument, about 18 feet tall, on High Street in Comfort, Kendall County, Texas. It was dedicated on August 10, 1866 over a common grave of German-Texan Union loyalists; the builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the only community monument in a Civil War participant state honoring the Union side, and the main symbol of the loyalty of Germans who immigrated to Texas. It also commemorates the 1862 Battle of the Nueces. Some students of German immigration believe it helped Comfort survive as a community.","narrative":"Rising about 18 feet on High Street in Comfort, Texas, this white limestone monument marks a common grave of German-born Texans who stayed loyal to the Union during the Civil War. Its four carved panels carry the inscription \"Treue der Union\" and the names of men killed at the Battle of the Nueces on August 10, 1862, those captured and murdered afterward, and those killed two months later at the Rio Grande. A pedimented cap supports an obelisk, and twelve obelisk-shaped posts with swagged chains enclose the site. Survivors returned after the war, gathered the unburied remains, and buried them above the settlement. The monument was dedicated on August 10, 1866. It is described as the only community monument in a Confederate-era participant state honoring the Union side, a symbol of German immigrant loyalty, and a possible reason Comfort endured while other German settlements vanished. Annual commemorations became traditional.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition on the original site, with the existing stone tiers covering the original ones; the chain posts are duplicates of the originals.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.493271-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/9727/40972766/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/78002966.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002966/7bcf399c54-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002966/7bcf399c54-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Ernest Mettendorf","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Treue_der_Union_monument,_Comfort_TX.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ernest Mettendorf</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Treue_der_Union_monument,_Comfort_TX.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04000911","name":"Comfort Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/comfort-historic-district-boundary-increase-04000911/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972766","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treue_der_Union_Monument","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7838895"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/kendall-county/treue-der-union-monument-78002966/"}