bushwackers

Updated: May 20, 2025

I immediately determined to pursue and, if possible, to capture or destroy this force, and at first resolved to move out with the entire command. On reflection, however, I realized that there were objections to such a course. The city and surrounding country were in an unsettled and excited state, the latter swarming with guerillas, deserters, and bushwackers.

Karl Stephen Herrman - From Yauco to Las Marias : A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan

Churches were closed, for religious services were invaded that the bushwackers could get the men they sought. Homes were burned. Civil courts suspended. Post-offices and post-roads were abandoned. No stores were kept open and the merchandise they formerly held was concealed, and there became a great scarcity of the necessaries of life.

Sam K. (Sam Kinkade) Cowan - Sergeant York And His People