Thanks to reader Curt T. for bringing to my attention the news that University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press has just released a third edition of David C. Edmonds's
Yankee Autumn in Acadiana: A Narrative of the Great Texas Overland Expedition through Southwestern Louisiana, October–December 1863.
First published in 1979 in hardcover from Acadiana Press, the groundbreaking study of the campaign and the hard war effects it had on the local population received a paperback facsimile reprint in 2005 from ULL's Center for Louisiana Studies. This new 2024 edition from them, also a paperback release, has a new Foreword from historian and director of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies Samuel C. Hyde Jr. There is no mention of any other additional material being added.
If you're interested in the topic I would recommend picking it up. Richard Lowe has authored a fine overview of events in his 1998 book
The Texas Overland Expedition of 1863 and Donald Frazier provided us with additional context crucial to our understanding of the campaign in his 2020 book
Tempest over Texas: The Fall and Winter Campaigns of 1863–1864, but Edmonds's pioneering book remains the most densely detailed account.
That’s great; I grew up in that area and was fascinated by that book as a 12 year old. I may try to contact the publisher to see if there’s any new info.
ReplyDeleteJoel Manuel
Baton Rouge
I emailed the ULL Press, and they replied, "Other than the foreword, the content is essentially the same."
ReplyDeleteJoel M.
Baton Rouge
That's what I figured. Thanks for confirming with the publisher, Joel.
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