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Organized in October 1861, the brigade left Texas poorly armed with many
men having no weapons at all. They took with them whatever they could:
shotguns, hunting rifles, some model 1841 Mississippi rifles, and even
old flintlock muskets used in the Texas Revolution. However, the Texans
were held in high regard thanks to the legend of the Alamo, and the
Confederate government tried its best to see that they got the finest
equipment available. Most of the brigade were soon issued Enfield
rifles, aside from the 1st Texas Infantry which held on to their
smoothbore muskets (a weapon that could discharge a “buck and ball”
load) using them well into 1864.