How Long to Read The Confederate Military Forces in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1865

How Long Does it Take to Read The Confederate Military Forces in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1865?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read The Confederate Military Forces in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1865 by William Royston Geise

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Description

William Royston Geise was a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin in the early 1970s when he researched and wrote The Confederate Military Forces in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861- 1865: A Study in Command in 1974. Although it remained unpublished, it was not wholly unknown. Deep-diving researchers were aware of Dr. Geise’s work and lamented the fact that it was not widely available to the general public. In many respects, studies of the Trans-Mississippi Theater are only now catching up with Geise. This intriguing book traces the evolution of Confederate command and how it affected the shifting strategic situation and general course of the war. Dr. Geise accomplishes his task by coming at the question in a unique fashion. Military field operations are discussed as needed, but his emphasis is on the functioning of headquarters and staff—the central nervous system of any military command. This was especially so for the Trans-Mississippi. After July 1863, the only viable Confederate agency west of the great river was the headquarters at Shreveport. That hub of activity became the sole location to which all isolated players, civilians and military alike, could look for immediate overall leadership and a sense of Confederate solidarity. By filling these needs, the Trans-Mississippi Department assumed a unique and vital role among Confederate military departments and provided a focus for continued Confederate resistance west of the Mississippi River. The author’s work mining primary archival sources and published firsthand accounts, coupled with a smooth and clear writing style, helps explain why this remote department (referred to as “Kirby Smithdom” after Gen. Kirby Smith) failed to function efficiently, and how and why the war unfolded there as it did. Trans-Mississippi Theater historian and Ph.D. candidate Michael J. Forsyth (Col., U.S. Army, Ret.) has resurrected Dr. Geise’s smoothly written and deeply researched manuscript from its undeserved obscurity. This edition, with its original annotations and Forsyth’s updated citations and observations, is bolstered with original maps, photographs, and images. Students of the war in general, and the Trans-Mississippi Theater in particular, will delight in its long overdue publication.

How long is The Confederate Military Forces in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1865?

The Confederate Military Forces in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1865 by William Royston Geise is 241 pages long, and a total of 60,491 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Confederate Military Forces in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1865 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read The Confederate Military Forces in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1865 aloud.

What Reading Level is The Confederate Military Forces in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1865?

The Confederate Military Forces in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1861-1865 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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