The Brush Battalion was an
irregular Confederate military unit raised in
Texas during the
U.S. Civil War. The battalion was formed with men who had "taken to the brush" to avoid
conscription
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for military service. 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. Officially organized on November 6, 1863, the Battalion was primarily employed to defend the Texas frontier against
Comanche
The Comanche or Nʉmʉnʉʉ ( com, Nʉmʉnʉʉ, "the people") are a Native American tribe from the Southern Plains of the present-day United States. Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in La ...
and
Kiowa raids.
[Smith, 1992, ''op.cit.'']
See also
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Confederate Government Civil War units
References
1863 establishments in Texas
Irregular forces of the American Civil War
Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Texas
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