Civil War Father & Son Fighting On Different Sides From Texas - Martindale's Co & 1st Texas Cavalry

This video is of a father and son from Hostyn, Texas who fought on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
Joseph Lidiak was a native of Moravia, in the Czech Republic and born on February 12, 1824. In the mid-1800's, he set out for American with his family, including his first John who was born on June 2, 1846. They arrived at the port of Galveston in November of 1860, becoming the first Lidiak's to come to America.
Upon arrival, they took a wagon to the Bluff area. The area that is called Hostyn today was first called Bluff and then later Moravan. The town was officially given the name Hostyn in 1925.
There, Joseph and his family settled in, and he farmed until 1863. He then enlisted in the Confederate Army and became a corporal in Martindale's Company. For most of his training and service he was kept in Texas.
Before he joined the Confederacy, his son John, his eldest son, hauled cotton to Brownsville for a neighbor as a favor. This journey would have taken several weeks. On his way back, John met some friends who were enlisting in the Union Army, and they persuaded him to join with them.
Unaware of his father's enlistment in the Confederate Army, John joined Hammet's Company, the 1st Texas Cavalry of the United States Army. Having been a resident in the United States for only two years, John found himself fighting on the opposite side of his father Joseph.
Although no records exist that show that the two men fought against one another in the same battle, it is possible that they crossed paths during the war.
Both survived the grueling war and returned home to Hostyn, where they lived together on the family farm. In 1869, John Lidiak helped build Hostyn's first church.
Today, the father and son are buried side by side in the Hostyn cemetery, and both Joseph and John have a cannon dedicated in their honor on the church grounds."
The first church burnt down in a fire and was replaced by the second church, which exploded and burnt down on the 9th of June 2022. All that remained from the explosion and fire was a few monuments, two of which honored Joseph and John Lidiak
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Amazing story you brought to us