The Brush Battalion was an irregular Confederate military unit raised in Texas during the U.S. Civil War.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. The battalion was formed with men who had "taken to the brush" to avoid conscription for military service.Rochette, 2006, op.cit. 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.Pickering and Falls, 2000, op.cit. Officially organized on November 6, 1863, the Battalion was primarily employed to defend the Texas frontier against Comanche and Kiowa raids.Smith, 1992, op.cit.
See also Confederate Government Civil War units
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