Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas (Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life, No 1)

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Summary: Texas Brush Men Hangings
Review: This is a very well researched book pertaining to the Civil War tensions that arose in northeast Texas prior to and during the Civil War. A lot of the settlers were from non slave holding areas of Kentucky and Tennessee while others were from slave staes and owned slaves. The two groups had opposing views, with one supporting the Union while the other supported the Confederacy. The wealthier slave owning group who supported the Confederacy put down those with Unionist views by making them leave or in some cases hanging them after mock trials. Some Unionists escaped to a dense thicket in the area, only to be later captured and hanged. This book is not a work of fiction. It is based on real events about real people. I highly recommend it to anyone with family connections to the Hunt County, Texas area and to anyone with an interest in those unfortunate people who ended up in the Confederate States, but were still loyal to the Union.

Rating:
Summary: Texas Brush Men Hangings
Review: This is a very well researched book pertaining to the Civil War tensions that arose in northeast Texas prior to and during the Civil War. A lot of the settlers were from non slave holding areas of Kentucky and Tennessee while others were from slave staes and owned slaves. The two groups had opposing views, with one supporting the Union while the other supported the Confederacy. The wealthier slave owning group who supported the Confederacy put down those with Unionist views by making them leave or in some cases hanging them after mock trials. Some Unionists escaped to a dense thicket in the area, only to be later captured and hanged. This book is not a work of fiction. It is based on real events about real people. I highly recommend it to anyone with family connections to the Hunt County, Texas area and to anyone with an interest in those unfortunate people who ended up in the Confederate States, but were still loyal to the Union.

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Summary: A Detailed Study of the Brush Men of Texas
Review: This is the most comprehensive study of the subject of the men who fought the "silent war" in northeast Texas that saw innocent men die just because they were suspected of being pro-union. The amount of research that went into this book is tremendous and should be a real asset to those interested in not only the history of the era, but the geneology of the families involved in a terrible time of Texas history. This book should be a must have for anyone interested in Texas history in depth.

Rating:
Summary: A Detailed Study of the Brush Men of Texas
Review: This is the most comprehensive study of the subject of the men who fought the "silent war" in northeast Texas that saw innocent men die just because they were suspected of being pro-union. The amount of research that went into this book is tremendous and should be a real asset to those interested in not only the history of the era, but the geneology of the families involved in a terrible time of Texas history. This book should be a must have for anyone interested in Texas history in depth.