Lobby Exhibit Highlights Texas Dissent During the American Civil War

Detailed images from Harper's Weekly, August 20, 1865

Prints & Photographs #1992/75-1-1 Harper’s Weekly – A Journal of Civilization, January 20, 1866 Funeral of the German Patriots at Comfort, Texas, August 20, 1865.

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Image of the entire page

A detail from Prints & Photographs #1992/75-1-1 Harper’s Weekly – A Journal of Civilization, January 20, 1866 Funeral of the German Patriots at Comfort, Texas, August 20, 1865.

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Detail of images and text on the top of the page

Detail of top of page that includes engraved images of Gen. Burgevine, Gen. Ward and a detailed account of events. Prints & Photographs #1992/75-1-1 Harper’s Weekly – A Journal of Civilization, January 20, 1866 Funeral of the German Patriots at Comfort, Texas, August 20, 1865.

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Detail of image on the bottom of the page

Engraved image that depicts the funeral of the Germans killed attempting to escape conscription. A detail from Prints & Photographs #1992/75-1-1 Harper’s Weekly – A Journal of Civilization, January 20, 1866 Funeral of the German Patriots at Comfort, Texas, August 20, 1865.

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