Cadet Life At West Point Descriptive Sketch of West Point By Benjamin J. Lossing, 1862 367 pages, indexed, searchable - Bonus Book – Cadet Life At West Point Illustrated, 3rd Edition By Col. Hugh T. Reed, 1911 313 pages *********************************************************************** Digital Book Cd Requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher to View *********************************************************************** $11.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Cadet-Life-West-Point-Bonus-Book-/130353157544?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e59a755a8 The United States Military Academy at West Point (also known as USMA, West Point, or Army) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. Established in 1802, USMA is the oldest of the United States's five service academies. The military garrison at West Point was occupied in 1778 and played a key role in the Revolutionary War. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. The entire central campus is a national landmark and home to scores of historic sites, buildings, and monuments. The majority of the campus's neogothic buildings are constructed from gray and black granite CONTENTS – Lossing 1862 Descriptive Sketch vii Prolegomenary 9 CHAPTER I. Introductory 13 CHAPTER II.My Father Smells Gunpowder . . . .21 CHAPTER III. An Elementary Exercise In Wire-pulling . 88 CHAPTER IV. In The Traces At Last 44 CHAPTER V. We Are Examined — Unofficially . . .59 CHAPTER VI. My Predecessor Imagines Himself An Orator 79 CHAPTER VII. Examined — Officially 95 CHAPTER VII. Camp, Tom, And Harry 107 CHAPTER IX. We March On Guard — And Into Winter-quarters 132 CHAPTER X. The Beauties Of The Demerit System . . 150 CHAPTER XI A Labyrinth Of Detail — For School-boys And School-masters 178 CHAPTER XII. The January Examination — And Harry . .190 CHAPTER XIII. The June Examination.—Tom, Terpsichore, And Cupid 208 CHAPTER XIV. A Long Chapter — To Be Omitted . . . 233 CHAPTER XV. A VERY SHORT CHAPTER .... .261 CHAPTER XVI. Guard-duty, January And June. — Furlough 268 CHAPTER XVII. Benny Haven's 295 CHAPTER XVIII. Valedictory . . . . . . .319 Appendix 325 DESCRIPTIVE Book #2 CONTENTS – REED, 1911 INDEX. I. The Appointment 13 II. The Preparation 21 III. The Candidate 27 IV. The Plebe in Camp 65 V. The Plebe in Barracks 87 VI. The Yearling 125 VII. The Furloughman 153 VIII. The Graduate 179 IX. The United States Military Academy 259 X. The Appendix 287 ILLUSTRATIONS