Here is another thing that may have brought the heat down on the locals around Brushy Creek.
Read pages 344-347, series 1, vol 22, part 1. Start at the bottom paragraph on page 344.
Part of the 13th Illinois and 3rd MSM was ambushed during the night at Horse Shoe Bend on Brushy Creek.
The Carter's Mill they speak of is now under Clearwater Lake.

Jack