How Long to Read Life and Letters of Brigadier General Alexander Hays (Abridged, Annotated)

How Long Does it Take to Read Life and Letters of Brigadier General Alexander Hays (Abridged, Annotated)?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 46 minutes to read Life and Letters of Brigadier General Alexander Hays (Abridged, Annotated) by George Thornton Fleming

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Description

At a campaign stop when he was running for president, Ulysses S. Grant asked to stop by the grave of his friend and fellow West Point cadet, Alexander Hays, who had fallen at the Battle of the Wilderness. Newsmen reported that Grant openly wept at the graveside.After having played a pivotal role commanding the forces that turned back Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, and having exposed himself on other open battlefields, the dense Wilderness was not the place to have expected Hays to fall. At Gettysburg, it was later written:"We cannot summarize here what Hays' Division did on the third day when the final blow, embodied in Pickett's and Pettigrew's charge, fell directly upon their front. When the fight ended that afternoon fifteen colors and over two thousand prisoners fell into their hands. Magnificently were they led by their division commander [Hays]."On hearing of his death in battle, Grant quietly remarked as he sat beneath a tree, "He was a man who would never follow, but would always lead in battle."Here is the definitive biography of Major General Alexander Hays, from childhood to West Point to the Mexican War and on to the American Civil War.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.

How long is Life and Letters of Brigadier General Alexander Hays (Abridged, Annotated)?

Life and Letters of Brigadier General Alexander Hays (Abridged, Annotated) by George Thornton Fleming is 568 pages long, and a total of 146,544 words.

This makes it 192% the length of the average book. It also has 179% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Life and Letters of Brigadier General Alexander Hays (Abridged, Annotated) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 20 minutes to read Life and Letters of Brigadier General Alexander Hays (Abridged, Annotated) aloud.

What Reading Level is Life and Letters of Brigadier General Alexander Hays (Abridged, Annotated)?

Life and Letters of Brigadier General Alexander Hays (Abridged, Annotated) is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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