How Long to Read Faces of Fort Derussy

How Long Does it Take to Read Faces of Fort Derussy?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 10 minutes to read Faces of Fort Derussy by Randy Decuir

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Description

Hundreds of men were at Ft DeRussy on Red River in Louisiana during the Civil War, both during its construction through the Red River Campaign. This book puts a face on the many Confederate men involved with the fort. There were local men responsible for building and manning the fort, as well as soldiers from other parts of Louisiana and TX who were there when the fell in March of 1864. Over 100 portraits inside. SECTION I The builders and engineers of Ft DeRussy BARBIN, Ludger, landowner BOYD, Thomas, Engineer BRINGHURST, Son in law of TX President Sam Houston Couvillon, E. P. Local carpenter built bridge DeGeneres, Edouad, Parish treasurer DeRussy, Lewis, engineer, Ft named after him Frith, Thomas P., river obstructions Hervey, William, Engineer Taylor, Richard, Ft originally named for him SECTION II Confederate units at Ft DeRussy *Hutton's Artillery *Walker's TX Cav. *Local Miliitia SECTION III Individual portraits of the men of Ft DeRussy BARBIN, Aristides, Captain, Hutton's Artillery BARBIN, Ludger, donated land for Ft, home shelled BARRE, Evariste, Escapted Ft DeRussy BATES, William 11th TX Inf. BAXTER, Eli Harris, 28th TX Cav. BEE, Hamilton P., Field Command under Gen. Taylor BONNER, Thomas R. 18th TX Inf. BOYCE, Albert Galletin, 18th TX Inf. BOYD, Thomas French, Engineering officer BOYD, Sempronius, Union BOYDESTON, Joseph Howell 17th TX Inf. BRINGHURST, William W., Captured at Ft DeRussy BURNETT, John H., Colonel, 13th TX Cav. BURTON, Dr. George W., 11th TX BUSBY, John W., 11th TX Inf. BYRD, William, Commander of Ft. DeRussy garrison CLARK, Edward, TX Governor, 14th Inf. Colonel CONNER, Pleasonto Grey, Captured at Ft DeRussy COPE, John Miles, 16th TX Cav. COUVILLON, Elphege Phillip, Carpenter CULBERTON, Col. David Browning, 18th TX DeGENERES, E., Police Jury treasurer signed bonds DeRUSSY, Lewis G., Builder of Ft DeRussy EDGAR, Capt, William, Commander, Edgar's Battery ENGLEDOW, William, 11th TX Inf. ELLET, William Anthony, 14th TX Inf. FITZHUGH, William F., Col. 16th TX Cav. FLOURNOY, George Col., 16th TX Inf. FONTENOT, Gerau, St. Landry FRITH, Thomas, Oversaw river obstructions GILL, Henry C. 11th TX GILL, John, 28th TX GOULD, Robert Simonton, 14th TX GRIMES, Benjamin F., 22nd TX Inf. GUILLORY, J. B., Hutton's Artillery HARRIS, Francis Marion, 11th TX Inf. HAWES, James, Spent winter of 1863-64 in Marksville HAYDEL, Parfait, Fell in love while at Fort HICKS, James Haywood, 19th TX Cav. HERVEY, Lt. William, Hutton's Artillery HOBBY, Alfred, Col., Walker's Texans HUBBARD, Richard, Colonel, 22nd TX Inf., TX Gov. HUTTON, Capt. Thomas, Hutton's Artillery IRION, Alfred Briggs, Post War Congressman JOFFRION, Eloi, escaped Ft DeRussy KELSO, John, first commanding officer LEWTER, Capt. Jonathan 15th TX Volunteer Inf. MABRY, Major Seth W., 17th TX MADEL, D. W. H., Hutton's Artillery MAULDIN, William Berry, 17th TX, father of 31 McCLENDON, William, 13th TX McDANIEL, Samuel W., 11th TX Inf. McLEAN, Willia Pinkney, 19th TX McNEAL, Hugh, Hutton's Artillery MOREAU, Ferdinand, served at Ft DeRussy NEAL, Christopher Columbus, Died at Marksville PETERSON, James Foy, 19th TX Inf. POPE, Francis Marion, 18th TX Inf. RANDAL, Gen. Horace, 28th TX Cav. REED, Andrew Jackson, Hutton's Artillery ROULE, Aloys and father Louis, Frenchmen signed up at Ft. DeRussy ROBERTS, Col. Oran Milo, 11th TX Inf., Governor SANDOZ, Leonce, Escaped Ft DeRussy SCURRY, Lt. Col, 3rd TX Brigade SIESS, David & Simon, enlisted at Ft DeRussy, switched to Union SMITH, Kirby, General, West. Dist. Louisiana SMITH, Rev. Sidney, 8th TX Inf. TAYLOR, Richard, Gen. Commander TERRY, John Williamson, 17th TX THOMPSON, James P., 17th TX VERNON, John, Major, Hobby's 8th TX Regt. WAUL, Thomas Neville, Brig. General, Walker's Texans WALLER, Edwin, Lt. Col., 13th TX Cav. WALLACE, Harvey, Captured at Ft DeRussy SECTION IV The folks who have saved Ft DeRussy today Irby Rousseau Bordelon Carlos Mayeux, Jr. Steve Mayeux Marc Dupuy, Jr. Dr. Ri

How long is Faces of Fort Derussy?

Faces of Fort Derussy by Randy Decuir is 190 pages long, and a total of 47,500 words.

This makes it 64% the length of the average book. It also has 58% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Faces of Fort Derussy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 19 minutes to read Faces of Fort Derussy aloud.

What Reading Level is Faces of Fort Derussy?

Faces of Fort Derussy is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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