> "On the eve of the Civil War, an advertisement appeared in the Texas Almanac ..." This was 1862. The war was well underway by then. I'm really not sure how

> "On the eve of the Civil War, an advertisement appeared in the Texas Almanac ..." This was 1862. The war was well underway by then. I'm really not sure how that made it into the article. I'm very curious if an editor added it in, because I suspect that the author knows better.