It takes the average reader 4 hours and 52 minutes to read U.S. Colored Troops Defeat Confederate Cavalry by Edwin W. Besch
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Wilson's Wharf was the first major clash between U.S. Colored Troops and the Army of Northern Virginia. The 1st and 10th USCT infantry regiments, supported by two cannon and two U.S. Navy gunboats, faced 11 detachments of veteran Confederate cavalry who were under orders to "kill every man." Union commander General Edward Wild, a one-armed abolitionist, refused General Fitzhugh Lee's demand for surrender, telling Lee to "go to Hell." The battle resulted in a victory for the mainly black Union force. This book describes the action in detail and in the larger context of the history of black...
U.S. Colored Troops Defeat Confederate Cavalry by Edwin W. Besch is 291 pages long, and a total of 73,041 words.
This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 39 minutes to read U.S. Colored Troops Defeat Confederate Cavalry aloud.
U.S. Colored Troops Defeat Confederate Cavalry is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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