Many men in history are brought high by their ambitions, only to fall from their vices. Louis Wigfall, an attorney, legislator, and later U. S. Senator from Texas, had many advantages in his life.

In February 1862, he resigned his commission and joined the Confederate Senate. He quarreled with both Confederate and Texas officials over military issues and organization of the Confederacy. Appeals ...

President-elect Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail to restore the names of Confederate generals on nine southern ...

Many Army bases have been named for deserving soldiers. Retaining the name at Fort Cavazos will honor that tradition.

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We are deep in a battle as a country over whose liberation matters most – the newcomers or the long-standing groups who feel ...

Two U.S. states still honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday set aside for Civil Rights leader Martin ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

That decision might include our Fort Cavazos, and, if it happens, would be a Texas-size mistake. Fort Hood was named for Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood, who was born in Kentucky and is buried in ...

Texas, and Virginia. Lee County in Florida formed in 1887 from Monroe County with Fort Myers, the site of the Civil War Battle of Fort Myers, as its county seat. Confederate Memorial Day was ...