Nueces massacre

Nueces massacre
	Part of the American Civil War
	; Treǔe der Union ("Loyalty to the Union") monument to the German Texans slain in the Nueces Massacre
Date	August 10, 1862
Location	Nueces River
Result	Confederate victory, execution or flight of all German Texans
Belligerents
Confederate States of America	Texas-German Unionists
Commanders and leaders
Hamilton Bee, James Duff, Colin McRae	Fritz Tegener
Strength
96	61
Casualties and losses
2 dead, 18 wounded	37 dead, unknown wounded and fled

The Nueces Massacre, also known as the Massacre on the Nueces and the Battle of Nueces, was a violent confrontation between Confederate soldiers and Unionist Texas Germans on August 10, 1862, in Kinney County, Texas.

Many first-generation immigrants from Germany settled in Central Texas in a region known as the Hill Country. They tended to support the United States and were opposed to slavery. Because of these sentiments, the Confederate States of America imposed martial law on Central Texas. A group of Germans, fleeing from the Hill Country to Mexico and onward to Union-controlled New Orleans, was confronted by a company of Confederate soldiers on the banks of the Nueces River. The ensuing German defeat represented an end to overt German resistance to Confederate governance in Texas, but it also fueled outrage among the German-Texan population.

According to historian Stanley McGowen, disputes over the confrontation and the actions of the Confederates after the battle continue in the Hill Country among descendants of both groups.