The Brush Battalion was an irregularConfederate military unit raised in Texas during the U.S. Civil War.[1][2][3] The battalion was formed with men who had "taken to the brush" to avoid conscription for military service.[4] Some had served in militia units being pressed for regular service, others had deserted regular service or opposed the Confederate cause and forced military service in its support.[5] Officially organized on November 6, 1863, the Battalion was primarily employed to defend the Texas frontier against Comanche and Kiowa raids.[6]
^Rochette, Patricia Adkins. 2006. Bourland in North Texas and Indian Territory during the Civil War, Fort Cobb, Fort Arbuckle & the Wichita Mountains. Broken Arrow, Okla.: privately published.
^Pickering, David, and Judy Falls. 2000. Brush Men and Vigilantes, Civil War Dissent in Texas. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M Press.
^Smith, David Paul. 1992. Frontier Defense in Civil War, Texas Rangers and Rebels, 1861-1865. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M Press.
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