Orange businessman, lumberjack and ship builder Alexander Gilmer died on this day in 1906. Son of George and Jane Gilmer, he was born in County Armagh, Ireland on Sept. 7, 1829, according to the Texas ...

Many times, my neighbor Command Sergeant Major Zeb Stuart Scales told me that his name was supposed to be Jeb Stuart Scales, ...

Wikimedia Commons/Internet Archive Book Images Major General George Thomas’s division at The Battle of Chickamauga Most Civil War nicknames came from brave charges or clever tactics. George Thomas got ...