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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticSchuetze, Julius
Title, AnalyticMy Experiences in Texas: The Murder of German Unionists in Fredericksburg, Texas, in 1864
Journal TitleThe Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society)
Date of PublicationFall 2010
Volume ID32
Issue ID3
Location in Work174-187
ISSN0730-3106
AbstractDuring the [Civil] war and until the fall of 1864 I lived in Austin, where I served partly as schoolteacher in order to escape conscription in the Confederate army and partly as a music teacher to earn my bread, for keeping school yielded no livelihood. . . . It was around mid-day, the 27th of February, 1864, when a heavily armed border soldier stepped into my room and asked if I was a brother of Captain Louis Schuetze of Fredericksburg. Julius was told that a band of men led by Captain J. P. Waldrip had seized his brother from his home and hanged him. [See also: Engelke, Louis B. "He Got the Drop on Waldrip," The Journal (German-Texan Heritage Society), Fall 2005, vol 28, no. 3, pp. 255-257, ill.]
NotesFrom the Texas Vorwaerts, June 4, 11, 18, 25 and July 2, 9, and 16, 1886. Translated from the original German by Winifred Schuetze Cade.
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsGerman Americans -- Texas/ History/ 19th century/ Fredericksburg (Tex.)/ Civil War, 1861-1865 -- German Americans