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Photograph of Santiago Tafolla at a camp meeting
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Group photograph of a camp meeting with Santiago Tafolla seated on the bench on the right. (reproduction)
Pension Claim of Santiago Tafolla
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Pension Claim to the U.S. Department of the Interior by Santiago "James" Tafolla, for his service in the Indian Wars.
Affidavit by Gustav Frasch to the State of Texas, County of Bexar
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Gustav Frasch letter verifying that James Tafolla served in the Calvary of the U.S. Army from 1855 to 1860.
Pension receipt of Santiago Tafolla
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Receipt for affidavit from Gustav Frasch regarding Santiago "James" Tafolla's participation in the Indian Wars.
Handwritten memoir by Santiago Tafolla, Part I (Chapters 1-22; pages 1-76)
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Original handwritten manuscript written in Spanish by the Reverend Santiago Tafolla at the age of 71. Tafolla was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico under Mexican rule; traveled widely in the US; and served in the Texas Indian Wars and the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The memoir offers a rare look at 19th century Texas from the Tejano perspective and is the only known memoir of a Mexican American who served in the Civil War. Tafolla's great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura Tafolla transcribed, translated, and edited the memoir, which was ultimately published as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Civil War Soldier, by Arté Público Press in 2009. Item is fragile; pages 73-76 are illegible in places; written in pencil.
Handwritten memoir by Santiago Tafolla, Part II (Chapters 23-30; pages 1-55)
Description
Original handwritten manuscript written in Spanish by the Reverend Santiago Tafolla at the age of 71. Tafolla was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico under Mexican rule; traveled widely in the US; and served in the Texas Indian Wars and the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The memoir offers a rare look at 19th century Texas from the Tejano perspective and is the only known memoir of a Mexican American who served in the Civil War. Tafolla's great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura Tafolla transcribed, translated, and edited the memoir, which was ultimately published as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Civil War Soldier, by Arté Público Press in 2009. Item is fragile; some pages are illegible in places; written in pencil.