TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Frazier, Donald S. Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi. (State House Press: February 2015). 469 pages, dozens of illustrations, 35 maps, notes, bibliography, index.  ISBN: 978-1-933337-63-0. $39.99 (Cloth) Donald Frazier, author of the ongoing “Louisiana Quadrille” series published by State House Press, is on the verge of releasing volume 3, Blood […]

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Editor’s Note: For those who do not know, my wife had our second son, Brody, on December 30, 2011.  I’ve been away from the blog in an active role for far longer than I would have liked.  In my absence, Jim and Fred have done a fine job.  However, my batteries are recharged and I’d […]

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Thunder Across the Swamp: The Fight for the Lower Mississippi, February-May 1863 by Dr. Donald S. Frazier Product Details Reading level: Ages 16 and up Hardcover: 630 pages Publisher: State House Press (September 28, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1933337443 ISBN-13: 978-1933337449 After the fall of New Orleans Civil War history moves away from Louisiana toward […]

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Love and War: The Civil War Letters and Medicinal Book of Augustus V. Ball edited by Donald S. Frazier & Andrew Hillhouse, Transcribed by Anne Ball Ryals Product Details Hardcover: 528 pages Publisher: State House Press; annotated edition edition (October 25, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 9781933337425 ISBN-13: 978-1933337425 ASIN: 1933337427 A family and a war […]

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Fire in the Cane Field – The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas January 1861-January 1863, Donald S. Frazier, State House Press, 2009 The first thing I want to say about this book is that it looks and feels like a good book should. The handsome high gloss cover and the feel of a sturdy […]

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Fire in the Cane Field: The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas, January 1861-January 1863 (Hardcover) by Donald S. Frazier Product Details Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: State House/McWhiney Foundation Press (July 1, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1933337362 ISBN-13: 978-1933337364 After the fall of New Orleans, Civil War history moves away from Louisiana & Texas.  “Beast” […]

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BLOOD AND TREASURE (Texas A&M University Military History Series, No 41) by Donald S. Frazier Product Details Paperback: 380 pages Publisher: Texas A&M University Press (February 23, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0890967326 ISBN-13: 978-0890967324 We do not have enough books on the American Civil War in the far west.  The battles of Val Verde, Glorieta […]

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