SECRET PLAN TO SAVE THE SOUTH HINGED ON TEXAS An obscure Confederate major with a famous last name presented a secret proposal to the governor of Texas on Oct. 27, 1863. Next came the hard part -- convincing Francis Lubbock that he alone could save the South. Summer setbacks had dealt a crippling blow to Confederate chances of a military victory. After the Battle of Gettysburg, Gen. Robert E. Lee’…