A Texas Pioneer

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August Santleben. A Texas Pioneer

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A TEXAS

AUGUST SANTLEBEN

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Before dismissing the subject, I wish to pay a just tribute to the character and services of my commander, and it will be appropriate to do so in this connection.

Captain Zoeller claims a long list of ancestors who were prominently connected with military life in Germany, therefore, he was instinctively a soldier and the profession of arms was not repulsive to him. He was conscientious in his views with reference to the political troubles that arose in 1861, and he not only opposed secession at the ballot box, but he entered the army and was active in defense of the Union during the great Civil War.

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