Blood on the bayou : Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi / Donald S. Frazier.

Blood on the Bayou: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and the Trans-Mississippi takes a well-known story, the struggle for control of the Mississippi River in the American Civil War, and recasts it as a contest for control of African-American populations. The Emancipation Proclamation may have freed the slave...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Frazier, Donald S. (Donald Shaw), 1965- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Buffalo Gap, Texas : State House Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Foreword and Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Quiet and Sane Life; 1. Apocalypse; 2. Emancipation; 3. Vicksburg and Port Hudson; 4. The Milliken's Bend Campaign; 5. Mouton's Army; 6. The Lafourche; 7. The Raid; 8. Lafourche Crossing; 9. Brashear City; 10. Retaking the Lafourche; 11. Fort Butler; 12. Time; 13. Vexation; 14. Donaldsonville; 15. Kock's Plantation; 16. Rebel Retreat; 17. Confederate Collapse; Epilogue: Federal Triumph, Confederate Despair; Notes; Sources Consulted; Index.