BACKGROUND

The Acadiana Chapter of the Civil War Round Table Association is hosting a special Sesquicentennial presentation by Donald Frazier, Ph. D, on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Frazier will focus on the Teche Campaign during the Civil War. 

Dr. Frazier is a scholar on the Trans Mississippi. Union troops captured the area from Berwick Bay to Vermilionville (present day Lafayette) in 1863. Dr. Frazier is also the author of several history books. Two of his books, Fire in the Cane Field and Thunder Across the Swamp, examine the Civil War in Louisiana and East Texas through a chronological approach. He is currently on sabbatical as a professor of history from McMurry University in Abilene Texas while completing his third book in this series.

This presentation will take place at the Ramada Inn in New Iberia, LA located at the junction of Hwy. 90 and 14. Reservations are required and must be made by Jan. 16, 2014 to attend this dinner and talk. The fee is $20 per person. Amateur historians or any person interested in the war years should not miss this opportunity. For more information or to make a reservation, contact Catherine Schramm at (337) 369-6446 or (337) 367-5701.