The following information is for those of you interested in the Civil War era. During the Civil War in Texas, there were three types of military activity: 1. Confederate States of America - Primarily military service in the Confederate States Army. 2. Texas Frontier Scouts - Protected the area of Texas. A distinction is that the soldiers were paid from the state treasury and not from the confederate treasury. 3. Militia - Local volunteer organizations of almost all remaining men who protected areas not near military forts or encampments. Texas had three military districts. The 20th Brigade, that included Johnson County, was in the Second District, and was headquartered at Thorp Spring in present-day Hood County. It was nicknamed "the Bloody 20th" because it saw little "action." However, the brigade did keep busy with local marauding Indians. Visit Hood County in the Civil War at: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/CivilWarIndex.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society