Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 Notes on the Attack and Defence of Permanent Works
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05707.03 Author/Creator: Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Pamphlet signed Date: October 1838 Pagination: 36 p. : , 3 p. : of plates Height: 33 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy
Reviews techniques and procedures for the attack and defense of military works. Two of the three plates fold out to ledger size, and all three exhibit pencil annotations. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Signed by Henry W. Halleck on the first page and dated October 1838. Owned by Halleck while a cadet at West Point. Bound together in a book with GLC05707.01-.07.
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