Report of the Commission Appointed Under the eighth section of the act of Congress of June 21, 1860, to examine into the organization, system of discipline, and course of instruction of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
[US. Government Printing Office], December 13, 1860. Hardcover. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 350pp. Bound in original blind-stamped brown boards. US Army immediatey prior to the Civil War. Jefferson Davis was president of the commission, and the report ends with a brief report by Robert E. Lee. Binding still holding, but there is a deep crack down either side of the spine and edgewear to the boards, and fading to spine lettering. Good. Item #62622
36th Congress, 2d Session. Sentate Mis. Doc. No. 3. A critical analysis of the Military Academy at West Point.
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