How long does it take to read For Cause and Comrades?
Why Men Fought in the Civil War
For Cause and Comrades by James M. McPherson takes about 4 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 32 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1997. 247 pages, about 67,925 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 32 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Drawing on letters written by over 1000 soldiers, both Union and Confederate, during the American Civil War, this book recreates the war and its battles. It finds the men to be idealistic about the cause for which they fought, regardless of the obstacles and deprivations that they faced.
Subjects: Biography, Combat, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army, History, Psychological aspects
