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  • Review: Fire in the Cane Field: The Federal Invasion of Louisiana and Texas, January 1861-January 1863

    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” […]

  • Review: Yankee Autumn in Acadiana by David C. Edmonds

    Yankee Autumn In Acadiana: A Narrative of the Great Texas Overland Expedition through Southwestern Louisiana October-December 1863. David C. Edmonds. Lafayette, LA: Center For Louisiana Studies, 2005. 495 pp. 21 maps, numerous illustarions. The term “narrative” is a fitting one for David C. Edmonds’ Yankee Autumn in Acadiana. This book is at its heart a […]