Papers. 1838-1853.

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Papers. 1838-1853.

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General, U.S. Army. Essay on military training and education; report on military strength and possible deployment of forces in the case of a war; proposal for cutting U.S. Army expenses which includes limiting the size of the Corps of Cadets; memorandum on limiting the size of the Corps of Cadets; statement of cadet parents' occupations, 1844; letter, 1852, recommending Robert E. Lee be given the permanent rank of Colonel; building specifications along with diagram; circulars issued by Totten; copy of letter from J.N. Poinsett to Major Cooper discussing U.S. Army's method of contracting.

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United States Military Academy, USMA Library

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Totten, Joseph Gilbert, 1788-1864

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Army officer and engineer. From the description of Joseph Gilbert Totten correspondence, 1841 February 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980636 ...

United States Military Academy

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West Point, N.Y., was originally utilized as a strategic defense location during the American Revolution. West Point is geographically located on a 100 ft. plateau overlooking the Hudson River. After the American victory Congress created a Corps of Invalids (veterans) that were transferred to West Point for the purpose of instructing candidates for commission. In 1802 Congress legally established the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Academy produced many leaders of American forc...

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...