Camp Pecan, a Civil War camp of the Texas Frontier Regiment, was located 21 miles southeast and was established in 1862 as one of a line of posts a day's horseback ride apart. Few men guarded the frontier as trouble came from all directions, with Indian threats and raids from the west and plundering renegades and deserters from the east. Food supplies, clothing, and horses were constantly scarce, but despite these obstacles, these Confederates effectively held the frontier lines of settlement. Texas made an all-out effort for the Confederacy after voting more than 3 to 1 for secession, and 90,000 troops noted for mobility and heroic daring fought on every battlefront. As an important source of supply and gateway to foreign trade through Mexico, Texas was the storehouse of the South. Camp Pecan and other posts on this line were backed by patrols of State Rangers, organized militia, and citizen posses scouting from nearby family forts, as part of a 2000 mile frontier and coastline successfully defended by Texans from 1861 to 1865.