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

Davis, Jefferson;  United States. Commission to Examine Military Academy.

[U.S. Government Printing Office], 1860

[The US Army immediately before the Civil War] Bound in publisher's black cloth, decorated in blind. Hardcover. Good binding and cover.  Spine lettering faded. Light spotting (mostly to prelims), generally clean. 350 pages. Jefferson Davis, then a United States Senator was president of the commission. The last letter in the report to the commission in response to questions regarding what changes should be made at West Point to obtain the best officers qualified to perform their duties was from then Brevet Colonel Robert E. Lee.