Beyond border strife

By "The Cowboy" Jim Gray

Captain Eugene Millett and his brothers, Hiram and Alonzo, returned from the Civil War to the devastation of the family home northeast of San Antonio near Seguin, Texas.

Their father had died in 1863 during their absence and thieves had stolen nearly everything. The Millett brothers joined with the neighbors to round up scattered stock that had escaped the raids.

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