March 2012

Reluctant Confederates – Wends and the Civil War

The following article first appeared in the Texas Wendish Heritage Society Newsletter beginning in July 2005 and concluding with the April 2006 issue. It was last revised on March 18, 2012.  The Wends were no strangers to war. During the Napoleonic period, just forty years before the migration to Texas, they witnessed the Battle of Bautzen fought […]

Reluctant Confederates – Wends and the Civil War Read More »