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Synopsis of the Course of
Studies and Military Exercises at the U.S. Military Academy.
1862.
source:
Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the
U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., June 1862.
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FIRST
CLASS.
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DEPARTMENT.
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INSTRUCTORS.
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TEXT
BOOKS, ETC.
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Military
Engineering and Science of War.
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Prof.
Mahan,
Lieut.
Craighill,
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Mahan’s
Treatise of Field Fortification.
Mahan’s
Lithographic Notes on Permanent Fortification, Attack
and Defence, Mines and other Accessories.
Mahan’s
Course of Civil Engineering.
Mahan’s
Lithographic Notes on Stone Cutting.
Moseley’s
Mechanics of Engineering.
Mahan's Treatise on
Advanced Guards and Out Posts, etc.
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Mineralogy
and Geology.
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Prof.
Kendrick,
Capt.
Piper
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Dana’s
Mineralogy. Hitchcock’s
Geology.
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Chemistry.
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Prof.
Kendrick,
Capt.
Piper
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Fowne’s
Chemistry. Electrics,
from Miller’s Physics of Chemistry.
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Law
and Literature.
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Prof.
French,
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Kent’s
Commentaries. De
Hart on Courts Martial.
Law and Military Law, by Prof. French.
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Practical
Military Engineering.
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Lieut.
Duane
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Practical
Instruction in fabricating Fascines, Sap Fagots,
Gabions, Hurdles, Sap Rollers, &c; manner of laying
out and constructing Gun and Mortar Batteries.
Field Fortifications, and Works of Siege;
formation of Stockades, Abattis, and other military
obstacles; and throwing and dismantling Ponton Bridges.
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Tactics
of Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry.
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Lt
Col. K. Garrard
Capt.
Whistler
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Phillips
Lieut.
Hopkins
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Adams.
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United States Tactics for Garrison, Seige, and
Field Artillery. United States Tactics for Cavalry
and Infantry. Army Regulations. Practical
Instruction in the Schools of the Soldier, Company and
Battalion. Practical Instruction in Artillery and
Cavalry.
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| Ordnance
and Gunnery.
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Capt.
Benét.
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Practical
Pyrotechny. Ordnance
Manual. Benton’s
Course of Ordnance and Gunnery.
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DEPARTMENT.
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INSTRUCTORS.
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TEXT
BOOKS, ETC.
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SECOND
CLASS.
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Natural
and Experimental Philosophy.
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Prof.
Bartlett,
Capt.
Mendell,
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Bartlett’s
Mechanics.
Bartlett’s
Acoustics and Optics.
Bartlett’s Astronomy.
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Chemistry
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Prof.
Kendrick
Capt.
Piper
Capt.
Lorain.
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Fowne’s
Chemistry. Electrics, from Miller’s Physics of
Chemistry.
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Drawing.
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Prof.
Wier,
Lieut.
Bell
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Human
Figure, Topography. Landscape.
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Tactics
of Cavalry, Infantry and Artillery.
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Lt
Col. K. Garrard
Capt.
Whistler
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Phillips
Lieut.
Hopkins
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Adams.
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United
States Tactics for Field Artillery. United
States Tactics for Infantry. Practical Instruction
in the Schools of the Soldier, Company and
Battalion. Practical Instruction in Artillery and
Cavalry.
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THIRD
CLASS.
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Mathematics.
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Prof.
Church,
Lieut.
Wheeler,
Cadet
Meigs.
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Davies’
Descriptive Geometry.
Davies’
Shades, Shadows and Perspectives.
Davies’
Spherical Projections and Warped Surfaces.
Davies’
Surveying.
Church’s
Analytical Geometry.
Church’s Differential and Integral Calculus.
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French
Language.
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Prof.
Agnel,
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Bolmar’s
Lévizac’s Grammar.
Bérard’s Leçons Françaises. Bolmar’s
Verb Book. Chapsal’s
Leçons et Modéles de Littérature Française.
Agnel’s Tabular System.
Rowan’s Morceaux Choisis de Auteurs Modernes.
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Drawing.
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Prof.
Wier,
Lieut.
Bell.
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Human
Figure, Topography.
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Tactics
of Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry.
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Bt.
Lt Col. J. F. Reynolds,
Lieut.
Williams
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Bayard,
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Hazen.
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Theoretical
and Practical Instruction in the Schools of the Soldier,
Company and Battalion.
Practical
Instruction in Artillery and Cavalry.
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DEPARTMENT.
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INSTRUCTORS.
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TEXT
BOOKS, ETC.
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FOURTH
CLASS.
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Mathematics.
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Prof.
Church,
Lieut.
Elderkin,
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Mordecai,
Cadet
Mackenzie,
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Michie,
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Burnham.
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Davies'
Bourdon’s Algebra.
Davies'
Legendre’s Geometry and Trigonometry.
Davies'
Descriptive Geometry.
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English
Studies and Literature.
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Prof.
French,
Lieut.
Hopkins,
Cadet
Chaffee,
“ Smith.
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Morse’s
Geography. Bullion’s
Grammar. Vocabularies
by Prof. French. Roget’s
Thesaurus of English Words.
Parker’s Aids to English Composition.
Sargent’s Elocution.
Composition and Declamation.
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French
Language.
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Prof.
Agnel,
Cadet
Suter,
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Gillespie,
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Burroughs,
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Wharton.
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Bolmar’s
Lévizac’s Grammar.
Bérard’s Leçons Françaises.
Bolmar’s Verb Book.
Agnel’s Tabular System.
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Tactics
of Artillery and Infantry.
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Lt
Col. K. Garrard
Capt.
Whistler
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Phillips
Lieut.
Hopkins
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Adams.
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Practical
Instruction in the Schools of the Soldier, Company and
Battalion.
Practical
Instruction in Artillery.
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Use
of Small Arms.
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Mr.
Lorenz.
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Instruction
in Fencing and Bayonet Exercise.
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