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An evening of history: A Civil War story from the Union side of Texas to be shared tonight in Seguin Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
New community park planned for Seguin’s north side Darren Dunn
(Seguin) — A new community park is coming to an area north of Interstate 10 in Seguin. The park and trail system will be part of the large Walnut Springs subdivision near Rudeloff and Huber roads. The Seguin City Council on Tuesday agreed to hire RVi Planning and Landscape Architecture to handle the architectural and landscape design work for the project. Parks and Recreation Director
Jack Jones says it is an exciting project for the city. He says Seguin has long wanted to develop another community park on the north side of town. “So, our parks master plan identified a large community park north of interstate 10 back in 2020. Up north of interstate 10, it’s pretty much HOA (homeowner association) parks. Some have them, some don’t. Park, pg. 2
(Seguin) — A unique chapter of Guadalupe County history — and the story of one Seguin man who fought for the Union despite coming from a family overwhelmingly aligned with the Confederacy — will be shared tonight at the Seguin Heritage Museum. J. Wayne Stewart, a descendant of Capt. Francis Asbury Vaughan, will join his co-author Richard B. McCaslin, the Texas State Historian and a professor of Texas history at the University of North Texas, for a presentation and book signing centered on their book, Texan in Blue: Captain Francis Asbury Vaughan of the First Texas Cavalry, U.S.A. The event is scheduled today from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Seguin Heritage Museum. The free event will include a historical presentation and book signing. Stewart says the story is about his great-great-grandfather, Vaughan, who found himself in the Civil War. Although Texas was a Confederate
state, he says his ancestor traveled from Central Texas through Mexico and eventually to New Orleans, where he enlisted to fight for the Union. “Texas was a Confederate state, so fighting for the Union was pretty unique,” said Stewart. “One of the research items that really popped out was that 22 of his family members — brothers, cousins and others — fought in the Civil War. Twenty-one of them fought on the side of the Confederacy, and he was the only one of that family who fought for the Union.” Stewart first published a book on Vaughan about five years ago. Following a presentation on the subject, he says he was approached by McCaslin about collaborating on a more deeply researched account of Vaughan’s life. That book was published late last year. “My family kept really good records of the family history, and I was able to reconstruct his travels. Union, pg. 3