How Long to Read Among the Cotton Thieves (Abridged, Annotated)

How Long Does it Take to Read Among the Cotton Thieves (Abridged, Annotated)?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Among the Cotton Thieves (Abridged, Annotated) by Edward Savage Bacon

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Description

Among the enormous body of American Civil War memoirs, this one stands out as a unique indictment of military despotism and ineptitude by a highly-educated and articulate officer, Colonel Edward Savage Bacon.Stinging with irreverence and humor, articulate and profane, Bacon wrote one of the best Civil War memoirs and illuminates in wonderful prose the vagaries of commanding men under corrupt leadership. His descriptions of battle are detailed and afford a look at the human side of combat, not just statistics. His description of the siege of Port Hudson and the disastrous Union charges there is among the best you'll find in any war memoir.Twice brought before courts martial and acquitted, attorney Bacon then brought charges against his commander:"Thomas S. Clark, was drunk, and being drunk, did then and there make an indecent exposure of his own person and of the person of a certain woman of color called Maria, and did then and there attempt [redacted] and other things then and there did too enormous to be mentioned..." He also used his men "for purposes of private gain and speculation in obtaining cotton and otherwise, whereby the health and lives of officers and men were endangered."Through court-martial for refusing an order to move his men out of barracks into swamps, the pillage of Ponchatoula by Union troops (the cotton thieves) to the siege of Port Hudson and the Battle of Baton Rouge, Bacon observed while high officers whored, drank to excess, avoided combat, and pillaged for personal gain. All the while the rank and file soldiers are subjected to disregard and abuse. (Port Hudson was the first time African-Americans were used in a major Civil War battle and they appear here.)This was not the only instance Bacon observed of commanding officers using war to comfort or enrich themselves at the expense of the rank and file. After the war, Bacon had a successful career as an attorney in Niles, Michigan.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.

How long is Among the Cotton Thieves (Abridged, Annotated)?

Among the Cotton Thieves (Abridged, Annotated) by Edward Savage Bacon is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Among the Cotton Thieves (Abridged, Annotated) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Among the Cotton Thieves (Abridged, Annotated) aloud.

What Reading Level is Among the Cotton Thieves (Abridged, Annotated)?

Among the Cotton Thieves (Abridged, Annotated) is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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