Blood on the Bayou covers the final, decisive campaigns of May-July, 1863, for control of the Mississippi River Valley but argues that events west of the Mississippi were as important as those occurring on the eastern shore.  Culminating in the sieges of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, Union efforts also included a determination to liberate—and arm—as many slaves in the region as they could.  The Confederates, desperate to avoid the calamity of losing both their forts and what they considered their chattel property, fought back with determination and imagination hoping to somehow affect the outcome of these campaigns despite long odds.
 

Donald S. Frazier is the award-winning author of Blood and Treasure; Cottonclads!;Fire in the Cane Field; and Thunder Across the Swamp. His other work include serving as co-author of Frontier Texas and editor of Love and War: The Civil War Letters and Medicinal Book of Augustus V. Ball. Donald lives in Abilene, Texas with his wife Susan and his two daughters. Donald is currently a Professor of History at McMurry University.
 

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ State House Press; Illustrated edition (March 10, 2015)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 484 pages / black and white
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1933337630
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.85 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.2 x 1.5 x 8.9 inches