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No, it was a massacre of conscientious objectors and draft evaders who were German Texans, loyal to the Union, who were trying to escape to Mexico to avoid conscription into the Confederate Army in 1862.
Yes, it is historically recorded as "The Battle of the Nueces" and took place on August 10th, 1862. The battle was fought between German Unionists and a small division of Confederate soldiers. It was a small skirmish, the Unionists were thoroughly defeated, and no real progress in the war was made because of it! A massacre would imply that the Confederate troops waged battle against an overall unarmed and unorganized group, like civilians at a rally. This is NOT the case as the Unionists were led by Maj. Fritz Tegener, making them militarily organized. Their alliance with the Union therefor made them enemy soldiers in enemy territory.
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1862 battle was the largest Civil War battle west of the Mississippi?
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