Description In 1862 Gerrman Unionists from the Texas Hill Country settlements were ambushed on the Nueces River by a force of Texas state units - in the aftermath of that clash, the Unionists were fugitives .
or dead.
A native of the Hill Country, descended from families who were on both sides of the Civil War, W.
Paul Burrier examines the background of the Union-sympethetic insurgency which culminated in that fatal clash on the banks of the Nueces River.
Watercress Press A perfect reign of terror: insurgency in the texas hill country 1861 - 1862/william paul burrier
